Vol. 58 No. 26
April 13-19, 2015
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IN tourist arrivals breach
350,000 during Holy Week
BY LEILANIE G. ADRIANO
STAFF REPORTER
LAOAG CITY—Tourist arrivals in Ilocos Norte
continue to pick up reaching a record high of
more than 356,000 this Holy Week.
Records obtained from the Provincial Tourism
Office show an estimate of 356,443 tourist arrivals
compared to last year’s 271,106, or an increase of
85,337 foreign and local tourists arrivals during the
weeklong holiday.
Jun Arvin Gudoy, head of the Communication and
Media Office of the provincial government said a
notable increase of visitors were observed in Paoay,
the Virgen Milagrosa chapel in Badoc and the
province’s eastern town tourist destinations.
Amidst typhoon warning signal no. 1 that threatened the province on April 4, majority of visitors still
pushed with their plan to visit the province’s various
tourism destinations from the Badoc gateway all the
way to the northernmost part of Pagudpud beach.
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SAUD beach in Pagudpud, Ilocos Norte. April 4, 2015.
ALARIC A. YANOS
EGS’s own building to rise in San Nicolas
BY LEILANIE G. ADRIANO
STAFF REPORTER
SAN NICOLAS, Ilocos Norte—Expert Global Solutions (EGS),
a major Information Technology and Business Process Management (IT-BPM) is here to stay for good as it begins construction of its own facility in the country’s most businessfriendly municipality, San Nicolas.
Two years ago, EGS began recruiting hundreds of
Ilocanos which were brought to Clark, Pampanga for training.
Six months after, the company set up a temporary office at the
i-Hub, an Ilocos Norte government-owned facility.
As Ilocos Norte province continues to stir economic
progress, setting up investor-friendly packages and incentives to create more local jobs, EGS President Rainero “Bong”
Borja said, “We are here to stay and fulfill a promise.”
Attended by local officials led by Ilocos Norte Governor
Ma. Imelda “Imee” R. Marcos and other stakeholders, the
two-storey building of the EGS broke ground at the Valdez
Center here in this town.
In partnership with the VENVI Group of Companies, a
multi-million real estate developer in San Nicolas, the EGS
building which will occupy at least 5,000 square meters is
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ANOTHER major Information Technology and Business Process Management breaks ground on April 9 at the Valdez
Center Commercial Complex at Barangay 1 in San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte where its built-to-suit two-storey building is
expected to be operational by early December this year. In the photo are (from left): San Nicolas Vice Mayor Boying
Valdez, Ilocos Norte Vice Governor Angelo Barba, Ilocos Norte Governor Imee Marcos, EGS Philippines president and
country head Rainero “Bong” Borja and Atty. Hilario Valdez, CEO and chairperson of the VENVI Group of Companies.
LEI ADRIANO
DILG eyes LGUs’ full
compliance on the
creation of disaster
preparedness office
BY LEILANIE G. ADRIANO
STAFF REPORTER
LAOAG CITY—The Department of Interior and Local
Government (DILG) is seeking Local Government Units’
(LGUs) full compliance of the mandatory creation of Local
Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office
(LDRRMO) in its bid to strengthen fast and reliable response when disaster strikes.
While the province of Ilocos Norte has maintained a
very satisfactory rating in terms of disaster preparedness, DILG provincial director Roger Daquioag reiterated the need to create an office and appoint personnel,
who will be responsible to set direction, develop, implement and coordinate programs meant to reduce and properly manage risks caused by natural and man-made calamities.
In Ilocos Norte, he said there are still LGUs which
have yet to comply with Memorandum Circular No. 20141 jointly issued by the National Disaster Risk Reduction
and Management Council, DILG, Department of Budget
and Management and the Civil Service Commission.
Under the memo dated April 4, 2014, LGUs that are
financially capable shall create plantilla positions for the
LDRRMO and employ personnel with a salary grade
ranging from 8-24, provided it does not exceed the personal service limitation cap.
According to Mr. Daquioag, the city government of
Laoag has already fully complied with the memo circular
while other LGUs are still being updated.
Earlier, the Ilocos Norte government has created the
Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management
Council (PDRRMC), now known as a task force on provincial resiliency.
Aside from early preparations towards unexpected
eventualities, the Provincial Resiliency Task Force
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Batac dads propose service
award, monetary incentives
for barangay execs
BY DOMINIC B. DELA CRUZ
STAFF REPORTER
BATAC CITY—Batac Vice Mayor Ronald Allan M. Nalupta and councilors Winet
Quidang and Crisostomo Ibarra proposed an ordinance that would give monetary incentives to
barangay officials who will be given the Exemplary Public Service Award (EPSA) for
serving three consecutive terms.
The measure, also co- for the year when any Barangay Panlungsod records shows that
authored by the council’s com- Official is qualified for the about 12 barangays chairpersons
mittee on barangay affairs, will award,” the proposed amend- and 70 barangay kagawads will
complete their third consecutive
amend Section 2 of city ordinance ment said.
The amount indicated in the term next year and thus would
No. 03 series of 2009 otherwise
known as an “Ordinance autho- proposed ordinance, Mr. Nalupta be qualified for the new ordirizing the conferment of Exem- added, is the minimum incentives nance.
Mr. Quidang hopes the meaplary Public Service Award and he is open to any suggessure will be approved to give
(EPSA) to elective barangay tions from the city council.
The implementation of the cash incentives to barangay ofofficials of the city of Batac who
have been elected three con- proposed ordinance will take ef- ficials who served and devoted
secutive terms in the same posi- fect for 2016 in case it will be their time and effort to their repassed and approved by the spective barangays for nine
tion”.
The proposed amended or- mayor this year and will be in- years.
He stressed that the amount
dinance, the authors said, would cluded in annual budget next
intended for them would only be
express their appreciation to year.
Reacting to this, former city a very small portion in the anbarangay officials who have
served their respective constitu- councilor and the original author nual budget for the city.
In a random interview with
ents for nine years and would of the ordinance Bismark
give them monetary incentives Quidang said he welcomes the the barangay officials who will
be benefitted in case this will be
aside from the plaques of appre- proposed amendment.
Mr. Quidang said the pro- approved, they expressed their
ciation.
Mr. Nalupta however posed amendment would be a thanks and appreciation to the
stressed that the proposal would favorable one because there is authors and all the city councildepend on the availability of no cash incentives being given ors who would support the meato barangay officials who sure.
funds.
Mr. Quidang believes that
He explained that the pro- “graduated” in their nine years
this is also one way for the
posed amendment would give of public service.
He added that this is unlike first- and second-termers to
awardees P40,000 for barangay
chairpersons and P25,000 for elected municipal and city offi- do their assigned tasks betcials who receives their termi- ter as this will become their
barangay kagawad.
“Provided that the necessary nal leave pay upon completion challenge to reach the third
and incidental expenses needed of their three terms in the same term for them to be able to
to implement the provisions of position because of the employer- receive monetary incentives
upon completion of a third
this shall be appropriated and in- employee relationship.
The
Sangguniang straight term.
cluded in the executive budget
PLLENRO nat’l convention
tackles low-emission alternatives
THE PHILIPPINE League of Local
Environment and Natural Resources Officers, Inc. (PLLENRO),
in partnership with USAID-Building Low Emission Alternatives to
Develop Economic Resilience and
Sustainability Project (B-LEADERS)
Project, will hold its 2015 PLLENRO
national convention in Cagayan de
Oro City on 13-16 May 2015.
This year’s theme is Developing Smarter Communities through
Low-Emission Alternatives. It will
be an annual gathering of more than
300 environment and natural resources officers (ENROs) and rep-
resentatives from local government
units in the country.
“All provincial, cities and municipal LGUs are encouraged to allow the participation of their environment officers to this annual
event. The convention is a venue
where ENROs are presented current
environmental challenges and alternatives on how to address these
concerns,” said PLLENRO President Danilo Villas.
Local and international experts
will present points of view on efforts to address environmental challenges and sustainability. Sessions
on low emission initiatives, energy
efficiency, green building and solid
waste management will be discussed.
PLLENRO is an organization of
local environment and natural resources officers (ENROs) nationwide. Its primary aim is to empower
ENROs to be responsible stewards
of Mother Earth.
For more information, contact Ms. Prexy Macana via email
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pllenro2014@gmail.com or call
or text at 09997703143 and
09063806247.
OWWA, LBP approve P865.12M
reintegration fund for 1,257 OFWentrepreneurs
SINCE its launch in June 2011 up to
December 2014, the business
projects of 1,257 members of the
Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) were approved
under the 2-Billion OFW Reintegration Program, a joint undertaking of
the Land Bank of the Philippines
and OWWA. The total amount of
loan extended to the proponents
reached P865,118,529.80.
The approved business
projects are a mix of agricultural and
non-agricultural enterprises. Nonagricultural business projects are
slightly higher than agricultural
projects comprising 59% of all the
project grantees during the period.
Among these are groceries, apartment construction and rental, general merchandise stores, UV Express, hardware, water-refilling stations, internet café, restaurant, auto
and motor parts, ready-to-wear,
pharmacy and gas station.
Agricultural projects are mostly
linked to the food chain. These are
grains, fruits and vegetables farming,
grains trading, livestock- and poultry-raising, fishery, post-harvest activities like milling, and bakery.
Most of the approved business
projects of OFW applicants came
from Region 3 followed by Regions
4-A, 6, 12, 5, NCR and 2, 11, 7, 1,
CAR, 4-B, 10, 9, ARMM, 8 and
CARAGA.
These enterprises generated
5,634 jobs. (OWWA I)
April 13-19, 2015
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LC agri exec denies fish
kill report in Gabu
LAOAG CITY—Laoag Agriculturist Oscar Recta denied that there
was a fish kill incident at Brgy. Gabu in this city.
He however admitted that one fisherman reported a possible fish
kill incident with the presence of brown sea weeds, known locally as
“aragan” and the very high water temperature.
Mr. Recta stressed that this was not confirmed and no fish kill
occurred in the city.
In their investigation, the City Agriculture Office, accompanied
by Gabu fisher folks visited the barangay’s fishing area. They said
the fish kill report turned out to be “negative”; they however observed the presence of too many of the local sea weeds as well as
“lumot” [moss].
In view of the result, Mr. Recta advised the Gabu fisher folks not
to overfeed their fish as this is one of main reason for the fast growth
of seaweeds that could eventually stop the water flow.
He also told the fisher folks to immediately harvest their fish
when it is time to avoid overcrowding in the fish pens.
The Gabu fisher folks grow bangus [milkfish], Malaga [spinefoot]
and tilapia.
“Siguro no saan nga naagapan ken saan da nag-harvest a
dagus ket talaga a nga adut natay [It’s possible that if they have not
harvested immediately, many fish could have died]”, Mr. Recta said.
Relative to this, Mr. Recta said his office also instructed the fisher
folks to observe the distance between cages and the number of fingerlings in every cage to avoid overpopulation as this is the primary
cause of fish kill.(Dominic B. dela Cruz)
Shop for jobs online,
jobseekers told
LAOAG CITY—The convenience of shopping online makes things
easier, avoiding long lines and traffic jams if you live in a bustling city.
In Ilocos Norte, the Public Employment Service Office (PESO)
based at the Provincial Capitol is also offering a new way of shopping, this time, to match jobseekers to their prospective employers
here and abroad.
“Just like online shopping, you can check for job vacancies posted
online. Makikita doon ang qualifications, saan ang destino at background ng company ay meron na rin,” Nicole Rudio said, provincial
PESO chief.
Launched last June 2014,the first Ilocos Norte jobs portal
www.ilocosnortejobs.ph is being updated regularly to further promote employment opportunities in the province which is anchored on
the provincial government’s priority agenda dubbed as “Manang
Imee = Trabaho” or the so-called Task Force Trabaho program.
As a non-fee charging multi-employment service facility accredited pursuant to Republic Act No. 8759 otherwise known as the PESO
Act of 1999, the government has mandated the establishment of PESOs
at the local levels, mostly based in local government units, nongovernment organizations, state universities and colleges and community-based organizations which were all linked to the regional offices of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) for coordination and technical supervision, and to the DOLE central office, to
constitute the national employment service network.
Taking advantage of the new age of recruitment, the jobs portal
of the province benefits jobseekers even in remote areas with internet
connection as the website serves as a one-stop access superior jobmatching with extensive reach of hiring firms.
“Sa mga nanggagaling sa malalayong lugar, hindi sila gagastos
sa pamasahe at sa jobs portal na lang sila mag-register at kung may
gusto silang trabaho, pwede na rin silang dumiretso sa company or
sa PESO for referral,” Ms. Rudio added. (Leilanie G. Adriano)
Batac council oks 2015
budget
BATAC CITY—Vice Mayor Ronald Allan M. Nalupta announced that
the proposed annual budget for the city of Batac for CY 2015 with the
amount of P407,689,319.80 was approved by the city council during
their March 22 regular session.
The approved annual budget will be endorsed to the office of the
city mayor for his signature and would then be forwarded to the
Sangguniang Panlalawigan for the mandatory review. (Dominic B.
dela Cruz)
DILG eyes...
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(PRTC) also includes possible threats on terrorism, climate change and
outbreak of such as Dengue, Chikungguniya, HIV/AIDS and typhoid to
be included in the provincial action plan.
“Ilocos Norte is 100 % prepared in terms of organization and everything. We just want to enhance what really is the specific response for a
specific disaster and we want to know who are responsible for all these
things,” said DILG regional director Julie Daquioag during her recent visit
to Ilocos Norte.
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Himala sa Buhangin
festival brings jobs,
boosts local economy
BY JENNIFER T. PAMBID
PGIN-CMO
AS THE HIMALA sa Buhangin festival continues to prosper on its third year, the biggest and most recognized outdoor arts and music festival in the north is again set to provide more employment opportunities for the locals of Ilocos
Norte.
Himala sa Buhangin features
Ilocos Norte’s sand sports adventures such as the 4X4 racing competitions, sand castle making, sand
boarding and zorbing as well as
music performances and art installations by various local and international artists.
Behind the live entertainment
and exciting activities, several retail
stores, food establishments as well
as the construction force and hospitality industry get a big boost
yearly as the festival takes place in
the vast land of Paoay Sand Dunes.
Marcelo Bacud, 58, in-charge of
the construction of the massive art
installation by international Filipino
visual artist Leeroy New, said that up
to 30 laborers from Brgy. Nagbacalan,
Paoay, Ilocos Norte benefit from the
construction yearly.
For the past two years, the said
locals worked daily for one month
for the construction of the giant
masterpiece dubbed as ‘Chrysalis’
which is made mainly of bamboos
and other indigenous materials.
Bacud and his co-workers were
thankful for their job opportunities
through Himala because “when we
have no work for Himala, majority
of us fish in the sea or search for
construction jobs around the area.”
He also shared that their jobs
for 30 straight days are a big help
for each of their families especially
for sustaining their daily needs as
well as in supporting the education
of their children.
The Provincial Tourism Office
also reported a significant increase
of tourists visiting the sand dunes
throughout the year to experience
4X4 riding, sand boarding and other
sand sports activities.
Food stores, souvenir shops
and inns nearby also grew in order
to accommodate over 300,000 tourists visiting the province during holy
week alone. Last year, the Provincial Government of Ilocos Norte recorded over 1.5 million tourists dur-
ing the summer season.
Ilocos Norte Governor Ma.
Imelda “Imee” R. Marcos said this
growth in tourism “unlocks jobs to
bring not mere growth, but genuine, transformational jobs-rich
growth.”
Miracle amidst the sand
dunes
FOR the past centuries, the vast
area of Paoay Sand Dunes was considered a ‘misfortune’ for the province because the locals cannot use
the land for agriculture until the
multi-awarded movie ‘Himala’ featured its film potential in 1982.
It was in 2012 when Ms.
Marcos organized the Himala sa
Buhangin festival aiming to highlight the potentials of Paoay Sand
Dunes in the film industry as well
as in conducting various sand
sports activities.
The festival is one of the major
events of the La Milagrosa Provincial Fiesta in honor of the patroness of the province, La Virgen
Milagrosa de Badoc.
Last year, the town of Paoay has
been recognized as the ‘Center of
Film Tourism’ in the Philippines following the unveiling of the life-sized
statue of Elsa, the iconic character
of Nora Aunor in the film ‘Himala.’
“Before, the folks in Paoay
would cry over these sand dunes
because they couldn’t farm there,
but movie directors here and abroad
love it. Tourists are fascinated as
well that 4X4 rides and sand boarding start to provide income to the
people. Indeed, this is the true
‘himala’,” Ms. Marcos said.
Aiming to draw more than
10,000 tourists, this year’s Himala
sa Buhangin! Festival is happening
on May 2 which will highlight
avant-garde installations and the
unveiling of sculpture of Flavio, the
iconic character played by
Fernando Poe Jr. in the film series
‘Panday.’
A 4x4 race in last year’s Himala sa Buhangin.
ALARIC YANOS
Batac vice mayor hits proposal to
separate BNHS-Bungon campus
BY DOMINIC B. DELA CRUZ
STAFF REPORTER
BATAC CITY—Vice Mayor Ronald
Allan M. Nalupta questioned the
proposal to separate Batac National
High School (BNHS)-Bungon campus from its two annexes.
In a privilege speech during a
regular session of the Batac
Sangguniang Panlungsod, the vice
mayor and council presiding officer
said the proposed resolution was
“not in order” as the separation
should be done through a Republic
Act.
He stressed that the conversion
of the said school into a national
high school was the initiative of his
father, the late Rep. Mariano
Nalupta Jr. through Section 7 of
Republic Act 6655, or the Free Public Secondary Education Act of
1988. The said section of the Republic Act mandated the nationalization of all barangay high schools
in the entire country.
The said school was known
then as the Baay-Bungon Community High School which was subsequently renamed as Baay-Bungon
National High School in 1988.
The Baay-Bungon National
Nutritious food blends and snacks for
young children up for grabs
BY KRISTIAN JEBSEN B. BANDONG
FNRI-DOST S & T MEDIA SERVICE
THE FOOD and Nutrition Research Institute of the Department
of Science and Technology (FNRIDOST), in its continuing effort in
addressing malnutrition, developed
a technology for making affordable
nutritious snacks for children.
Complementary foods, according to the FNRI-DOST, are foods or
liquids other than breastmilk fed to
young children.
These foods address mothers’
concerns on how to feed their babies six months old and onward
when their nutritional needs are rapidly increasing.
It is at this stage when malnutrition usually sets in, thereby affecting children’s health.
Using tried and tested technology and locally-available raw materials, the FNRI developed complementary and snack foods that are
based on rice and mongo, which are
rich in energy and protein.
In visits conducted in the regions, the FNRI urged local government units and entrepreneurs to
adopt the technologies as part of
their health and nutrition program.
Adopting the FNRI’s complementary food and snack entitles
entrepreneurs to FNRI technical
support, such as proper layout of
the production area, hands-on training on the appropriate processing
technology, technology transfer
contract including quality control
assurance from raw materials to finished product, and basics of Good
Manufacturing Practices (GMP)
implementation.
The DOST Package for the Improvement of Nutrition of Young
Children (PINOY) Program aims to
reduce the prevalence of undernutrition among 6 to 35 months old
children through production and
technology transfer of complementary food blends and snacks.
The FNRI-DOST provides tech-
nical assistance to local government
units, non-government and private
organizations who are interested to
produce the complementary food
blends and snacks for livelihood and
for their feeding program.
For more information on food and
nutrition, contact: Dr. Mario V.
Capanzana, Director, Food and
Nutrition Research Institute, Department of Science and Technology, General Santos Avenue,
Bicutan, Taguig City; Telephone/
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High School was later merged with
the Payao National High School in
1991 and became officially known
as the Batac National High SchoolBungon Campus and Batac National
High School-Payao Campus.
In 1998, the Batac National High
School-Poblacion Campus was also
established at Barangay Tabug.
The vice mayor said that
amending a Republic Act can only
be done through another Republic
Act.
The proposed Batac council
resolution requests Education Secretary Bro. Armin Luistro through
Dept. of Education regional director Teresita Velasco for the approval
of separating the mother school
which is Batac National High
School-Bungon Campus/Main
Campus from its annexes, Batac
National High School-Payao Campus and another in Poblacion Campus to be officially renamed as
Batac National High School.
According to Mr. Nalupta, the
former Baay-Bungon Community
High School which became the Batac
National High School Main Campus
is one of the major accomplishments
of his father during his term as congressman.
In his personal opinion, he said
the solution to the problem of the
school would be additional personnel and proper management and not
separation.
He added that the BNHSBungon campus, which is the main
campus, should not be the one to
be separated from the others as the
funding of all these three campuses
go straight to the main campus
based on the General Appropriations Act sponsored by the late
Representative Nalupta.
As it is, Mr. Nalupta said that it
should not be the main campus to
be separated but it should be the
other way around, or the annexes
based on DepEd Order No. 40 series of 2014.
Barely five months when the
late Congressman Nalupta died,
“Ipeksak iti kaririknak, kapatpatay daydi amak kastoy iti
pampamayan yon kadagiti
proyekto na. Ket no kayat da ket
mangipatakder da met a ngem
saan met kuma a tay eskwela a
dinung-dungngona”, the vice
mayor said.
Mr. Nalupta reiterated that it
was the people who requested his
late father to solve the then-struggling Baay-Bungon Community
High School because of lack of fund-
ing until it became successful by
virtue of a national funding.
The vice mayor asked why is it
only now that there is such a proposal? He cited the University of
the Philippines (UP) and the
Mariano Marcos State University
(MMSU), which also have other
campuses and which are being managed well.
He also pointed out the fact that
there is even no acknowledgement
of his father who initiated the
project.
Reacting to this, Batac councilor Lucky Rene Bunye, one of the
sponsors of the said resolution, said
he welcomes and respects the opinions of everyone at the council.
Mr. Bunye said his basis in
sponsoring the resolution is based
on the DepEd Order. However, he
also decided to also seek advice
from the DepEd Legal Department
regarding the proposal and whatever would be the basis and which
would be followed as a result of the
deferment.
But as per advice of the BNHS
school heads along with the Batac
DepEd superintendent and the Parents-Teachers Association (PTA)
they want the main campus to be
separated, Mr. Bunye said.
It is also stated in the resolution that the barangay chairpersons
of the catchment areas of Batac
NHS-Bungon Campus, general PTA
officials and representatives of
teachers and alumni of said school
that they are strongly endorsing the
separation of the mother school from
its annexes.
In addition, “The separation of
the three campuses with its respective organizational structures, expanded plantilla positions, and personal services, MOOE and capital
outlay allocations in the General
Appropriations Act will surely result to [sic] better and more focused
administration and management of
the separated schools, better facilities for the students and teachers,
and better quality of learning,” the
resolution stated.
The separation of the mother
school from its annexes will surely
open up more opportunities for career growth and advancement,
higher morale for the teachers and
administrators of the three campuses, the supporters of separation
added.
THE ILOCOS TIMES tried to get
the reaction of the BNHS Bungon
Campus officer-in-charge but was
unavailable as of press time.
OPINION
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April 13-19, 2015
Unity amid plurality
(The following is an article written by Fr. Roy Cimagala)
THIS is, of course, a constant quest for us. How do we achieve unity, a
desired ideal, amid an obvious plurality we can observe even in each
one of us individually, not to mention the ever-widening variety of
things among ourselves and between ourselves and the rest of creation?
It’s undeniable that deep with us is a natural longing for unity in
whatever level and aspect of our life, whether personal, familial, social, political, or cultural, etc. Without articulating it, we somehow
know that unity presumes life and order which we like to enjoy, just as
disunity connotes death and disorder which we
try to avoid.
The unity we are looking for, of course, is
not uniformity and an idle, passive and automatic
unity. It’s a dynamic, living unity that has to be worked out, precisely
because it is not merely physical unity we are after. It’s a moral unity
that involves how we understand and use our freedom, and this can
turn in any which way.
Equally undeniable is the plurality that we have to contend with,
not only of the different parts we are made of individually, but also of
the different views, opinions, tastes and preferences, cultures, lifestyles,
etc., that we have to learn to live with among ourselves in the different
levels of our collective life.
As we all know, there are now all kinds of understanding and
usage of freedom. There’s the freedom of the different ideologies—
capitalist, liberal, communist, feminist, gay, and now that of the ISIS,
for example.
This is not to mention the traditional kinds of the freedom of the
hedonist, of the atheists and the agnostics, the worldlings, etc. All
these can create quite a chaos of outlooks in the world that we somehow have to learn now the art of chaos management, if there is such an
animal.
Even in our individual selves, we see different parts that can go to
the extent of competing and conflicting with each other. Not only do we
have to contend with the different parts of our physical organism that
can conflict with each other, especially when we are sick, but also with
the different statuses of our moral and spiritual life.
St. Paul once expressed this reality vividly: “I do not do the good I
want, but the evil I do not want is what I do.” (Rom 7,19) There is a
certain plurality and variety of situations produced by our sins of envy,
greed, lust, pride, etc., and in these too, we have to somehow find a way
to attain unity.
Whether the plurality is valid and understandable or not, legitimate or not, we need to find unity, or some aspects of it, because without it we would surely plunge into destruction and perdition.
What we have to do is to seek this unity amid the plurality in our
lives is to go to the source and author of unity. In other words, the evercomplicating plurality we have is a call for us to go to God, the Creator
of the universe.
He is the one that holds everything in unity, from beginning to
end. He is the universal lawgiver, who has designed everything—the
spiritual and material, the animate and inanimate beings—into one
unified universe, governing everything with his providence.
He knows what to do with whatever situation the world may go as
played out by the way we use our freedom. His wisdom cannot be
outwitted by the smartest and most cunning of human intelligence and
freedom.
We have to understand then that for us to have unity amid the
plurality in this world, the unity we have to build should first of all and
always be a religious unity, before it is a social, political, cultural or
historical unity.
Absent that religious essence of unity, we would be reprising the
story of the tower of Babel where a godless pursuit of unity and development produced disunity and confusion instead, leading to the unavoidable consequences of conflicts and wars among the people.
This is what we are witnessing these days, and all throughout our
human history. A unity not springing from the unity of God and with
God is a false and deceptive unity that often attracts all kinds of danger.
We need to ground our pursuit for unity amid plurality on our loving
and faithful relationship with God.
This was the fervent prayer of Christ himself before his passion
and death. “Ut unum sint,” that they may be one “as you, Father, are in
me and I in thee, that they also may be one in us.” (Jn 17,21)
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Agriculture must change
PARIS—THE model of agricultural production that predominates today is not suitable
for the new food security challenges of the 21st century, FAO
Director-General
José
Graziano da Silva said.
While the numbers of the
chronically hungry have been
reduced by 100 million over the
past decade, 805 million still go
without enough to eat on a
regular basis, he noted in remarks to ministers, scientists,
farmers, and representatives of
civil society gathered in the
French capital for a government-organized International
Forum on Agriculture and Climate Change.
AGRICULTURE has a potentially large role to play not only
in guaranteeing food security
but also in building resilience
to the effects of climate
change and in reducing
humankind’s emissions of global warming gases, according
to the FAO Director-General.
“The impacts of climate
change are no longer an anticipated threat. They are now
a crystal-clear reality right before our eyes,” he warned,
adding: “Climate change will
not only affect food production
but also the availability of food
and the stability of supplies.
And in a global, interdependent
economy, climate change
farming’s own impacts on the
environment.
FAO is home to the Global
Alliance on Climate-Smart Agriculture, a broad coalition of
stakeholders, including governments; farmers and food producers, processors and sellers;
scientific and educational organizations; civil society actors; multilateral and international agencies and the private
sector established last September by the UN General Assembly.
The alliance is working to
promote sustainable and equitable increases in agricultural
productivity and incomes; build
greater resilience of food sys-
Increasing production has long seen as the
natural pathway to ending hunger—but
today, even though the world produces
enough food to feed everyone, hunger
remains a problem
Increasing production has
long seen as the natural pathway to ending hunger—but today, even though the world produces enough food to feed everyone, hunger remains a problem, he pointed out.
“Since food production is
not a sufficient condition for
food security, it means that the
way we are producing is no
longer acceptable,” said Mr.
Graziano da Silva.
“What we are still mostly
seeing is a model of production
that cannot prevent the degradation of soils and the loss of
biodiversity - both of which are
essential goods, especially for
future generations. This model
must be reviewed. We need a
paradigm shift. Food systems
need to be more sustainable, inclusive and resilient,” he
added.
Climate change a clear and
present danger
makes the global market for
agricultural products less predictable and more volatile.”
In his remarks, the FAO
Director-General underscored
the important role played by
healthy soils. “Soils host at
least one quarter of the
world’s biodiversity and are
key in the carbon cycle. They
help us to mitigate and adapt
to climate change,” he said.
2015 has been designated
by the UN General Assembly
as the International Year of
Soils, and FAO is the lead
agency for coordinating the
year’s activities.
New approaches
ONE promising new approach,
said Graziano da Silva, is what
is known as “climate-smart agriculture” - adjusting farming
practices to make them more
adaptive and resilient to environmental pressures, while at
the same time decreasing
tems and farming livelihoods;
and achieve reductions or removals of greenhouse gas
emissions by agriculture.
The FAO Director-General
also highlighted “agro-ecology”
as a promising way to move food
production onto a more sustainable path. The approach uses
ecological theory to study and
manage agricultural systems in
order to make them both more
productive and better at conserving natural resources.
Today’s forum was the first
in a series of events leading up
the December 2015 climate
summit.
During his visit to France,
Mr. Graziano da Silva also met
President François Hollande and
held bilateral meetings with
Laurent Fabius, France’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Development and
Stéphane Le Foll, the country’s
Minister for Agriculture, Food
and Forestry. (FAO)
OPINION
April 13-19, 2015
Be both orthodox and
compassionate
THESE two are often
seen to be incompatible
with each other or that,
at least, they don’t get
along well. That’s the
challenge, since they are
supposed to be toR
gether. One of them cannot be without the other.
To be orthodox is
usually seen as being
strict, old-fashioned and traditional,
narrow-minded and intolerant, quite
attached or even fixated with doctrinal correctness, while to be compassionate is held as being openminded, tolerant, adaptive, innovative and sensitive to pastoral realities, sometimes carried to the extreme.
While there will always be some
grain of truth in these observations,
they need to be purified and completed, reassessed and updated,
because they do not capture the
whole picture, and the ideal for us
is that, like it or not, we should be
both orthodox and compassionate.
We should not fault orthodoxy
for being strict and old-fashioned,
etc., because it is concerned about
universal and absolute truths that
are supposed to be timeless and
meant to be passed on from generation to generation. This is serious
business that should not be dispensed.
Orthodoxy gives us light and
sense of direction as we pass
through the confusing highways of
life. It is an integral part of our effort
to be faithful and persevering in our
quest of loving God and loving others, which is what we are meant for
in this life.
Neither should compassion be
faulted for being open-minded, tolerant and all that, because it is what
is needed in our dealings with others. Our direct contact with them
Analysis
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commands us to love them irrespective of how they are, even if they
are in grave error and have offended
us.
This was how Christ behaved
and what he taught us. He was always compassionate with the sinners even to the point of making
himself like sin, and of bearing all
the sinfulness of men by offering
his life on the cross. If we don’t get
saved in spite of what he did, it will
not be his fault. It will be entirely
ours.
Compassion would somehow
give light to our orthodoxy, since it
will give new and continuing data
to the latter, thus helping to purify,
update and enrich our orthodoxy.
Let’s never forget that our orthodoxy is our human effort to catch
the eternal, and as such will always
be a work in progress. It’s not meant
to freeze and harden.
The tension between orthodoxy and compassion only reflects
our human condition that has to
cope with the demands of the old
and the new, the traditional and the
innovative, the historical and the
eternal, the absolute and the relative, the idea and the theory, on one
hand, and the praxis, on the other,
the doctrinal and the pastoral.
The tension only reveals how
we are—that we are made of body
and soul, we are both material and
spiritual, we operate both in time
(past, present and future) and in eter-
nity, we have to use both
our intelligence and
emotions, we have to
live here and now and
yet be concerned with
the ultimate, etc.
The tension only
shows that we are nothing without God, but
with God we have everything, that we are capable of the ugliest evil but also of
the greatest good, that we can fall
but we can also rise again.
We should not make a big fuss
about this tension between orthodoxy and compassion. It is a given
in life and we just have to learn to
live with it. There will always be
some mistakes we commit along the
way, but as long as we are humble
and simple enough to acknowledge
our mistakes and to abide in God’s
love and truth, everything will be
ok. There is always hope.
Others may misunderstand us,
and we too can misunderstand others, but as long as at the end of each
day we examine ourselves and admit our errors, saying sorry for them
while learning from them, we can
move on, and would be doing so in
the right path.
Let’s remember that God never
leaves us. He is always intervening
in our life and is leading us to him
and to all that is good and proper to
us in his own mysterious ways that
may escape our attention.
So let’s be calm and confident, always with a big smile on
our face, being sport always,
promptly apologizing when for
some reason or another we commit fouls, as well as promptly
forgiving when others do the
same to us.
Let’s be both orthodox and
compassionate to the best of our
abilities.
Legarda on improving DRR
legislation: Strengthen multihazard early warning systems
SENATOR Loren Legarda said
that strengthening multi-hazard
early
warning
systems
(MHEWS) is one area where
legislation for disaster risk reduction (DRR) can be improved.
Ms. Legarda, who was a
panelist for the Parliamentary
Meeting on Governance and
Legislation for DRR organized
by the Inter-Parliamentary
Union (IPU) and the UN Office
for Disaster Risk Reduction
(UNISDR), said that legislation
for MHEWS will make a difference in reducing disaster risks
and building the resilience of nations and communities.
“We need to effectively reduce disaster risk as it becomes
more complex given the increasing frequency, intensity and uncertainty of extreme hazard
events. A more holistic and integrated approach to early warning is needed. This approach
entails the provision of impactbased forecasts and risk-informed warnings through multi-
hazard early warning systems,”
she said.
The senator, who is also a
UNISDR Champion, explained
that multi-hazard early warning
systems inform the people of the
potential impacts of impending
natural hazards, the risks on their
lives and livelihoods, and the action they should take.
“This approach promotes
public awareness and understanding of impacts and risks
from natural hazards, and guides
the people and sectors at risk in
making decisions and taking
early actions. Legislation in
strengthening MHEWS could
ensure that early warning services reach the ‘last mile’ such
as the most remote and vulnerable populations, providing them
with timely, meaningful and actionable warning information,”
Ms. Legarda stressed.
She further explained that
legislation could help close the
gaps in coordination among
stakeholders, inadequate public
awareness and participation, and
insufficient political and financial
support.
Furthermore, legislation on
MHEWS could ensure that early
warning services of hydro-meteorological services are authoritative, science-based, risk-informed, operational round-theclock, and made available to and
actionable by the people, groups
and sectors at risk.
“Times do change. Disasters
are increasing in frequency and
intensity and are significantly
impeding progress towards sustainable development. We cannot be content with what we
have now, we have to do more
and that is what we aim here in
Sendai as we adopt a new DRR
framework that will help nations
and communities reduce existing risks and prevent the creation
of new risks. Legislators have a
significant role. Legislators
should be effective game changers in building disaster resilience,” Ms. Legarda concluded.
THE ILOCOS TIMES 5
PAGASA launches
simplified weather
and climate
information
materials with USbacked ‘Payong
Pagasa’
MANILA—On March 23, 2015 the U.S. Embassy Manila’s United
States Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission
Director Gloria D. Steele and Department of Science and Technology Secretary Mario Montejo participated in the celebration of the
150th anniversary of the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and
Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA).
At the event, PAGASA unveiled a series of new tools and information products under the name “Payong PAGASA”, including
the USAID-supported simplified templates for public dissemination
of PAGASA materials. Under USAID’s Water Security for Resilient Economic Growth and Stability (Be Secure) project, PAGASA
staff redesigned forecast and storm alert announcements to better
communicate PAGASA information to key stakeholders and the
general public.
A play on the Filipino word “Payong” which means both “advice” and “umbrella”, Payong PAGASA aims to make it easy for
the average Filipino to understand the advisories from the agency.
With this, PAGASA also launched the official icon of Payong
PAGASA named Ella the Umbrella—she will be the visual cue that
illustrates the effects of weather and climate change in a simple yet
engaging way.
More than a tool to disseminate information, Payong PAGASA
is designed to help Filipinos make decisions and take preventative
matters to protect their lives and livelihoods.
“We congratulate PAGASA on their 150th Anniversary and are
pleased to be here today to support PAGASA’s continual efforts to
ensure that all Filipinos are better prepared for and informed about
disasters.” said Director Steele.
USAID’s Be Secure Project is a four-year activity that promotes good governance and builds capacity for long-term water
security, improves access to water and wastewater treatment services, and builds more resilient communities.
About USAID
The United States Agency for International Development is
the lead U.S. Government agency that works to end extreme
global poverty and enable resilient, democratic societies to realize their potential. In the Philippines, USAID partners with
the national government to create a more stable, prosperous
and well-governed nation. For more information, visit http://
www.usaid.gov/philippines or email infoph@usaid.gov.
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April 13-19, 2015
Kombension idiay Lahaina, Maui, Hulio 23-25, 2010
(Conclusion)
NAGSUBLIKAMI iti convention
room.
Sakbay a nagreportak iti Golden
Book, binigbigko nga immuna iti
kaadda dagiti UFCH past presidents
a nakataripnong met itoy a
kombension pakaibilangan ni Atty
Anotnio Ramil, 1988-1990; Maggie
Domingo, 1990-1992-1996-1998;
Dwayne Bueno,2001-2003; Don
Guzman, 2003-2004; Bryan Andaya,
2006-2008, [Maysa a delegado ti
agreklamo ta saanna a maawatan ti
kayat a sawen ti Tunos - Unity]. Ni
Dr. Belinda Aquino ti guest speaker.
Sakbay a maripkan ti
deliberasion iti nga aldaw ti Sabado,
Hulio 24, Linuktan ti Nomination
and Elections Committee ti lamisaan
para iti nominasion dagiti mayat nga
agtaray iti masnop a puesto.
Nadanon ti pannakaawagko no
kompirmarek ti naipauna a
nominasionko iti nasaksakbay
ngem iti sangapulo ket uppat nga
aldaw kasakbayan iti umuna nga
aldaw ti kombension.
From the convention floor, I
declined the nomination for president due to health and medical restrictions and limitations.
“Thank you for the nomination.
Mr. Chairman. Truly, I was so determined and with inspiring desire to
be a UFCH president. Since 2007
when I came back to OFCC,[I missed
OFCC from 2002-2006 as commissioner of the Filipino Centennial
Celebration Commission]…. I am
determined and prepared to seek
this presidency in order for me to:
[1] to continue my volunteer service and my commitment. In February this year, I already made plans
with some program blueprint, and
in June 5, I officially announcement
my intention to run. I love to serve,
as my passion and my mission and
the spirit of volunteerism, [2] to help
provide service to the community,
by working together, [3] to help and
part of the solution in any concern
and challenges our community is
facing whether it is political, social,
economic, employment, education,
immigration,[4] to help provide
ways and means to build a stronger
community and the preservation of
our cultural heritage, and our ethnic identity as a Filipino.
But, things changed UNEXPECTEDLY, so rapidly, abrupt and
sudden without any warning or signal what comes next. To the point
that my wife Gloria brought me to
the St. Francis Hospital West Oahu
Emergency Room, [I came from the
Knight of Rizal installation of officer
that evening June 19, 2010, as
Pursuivant, 2nd degree] then, the
Ambulance moved me to Queens
Hospital and diagnosed gall bladder and and vile stone, that I was
confined for 10 dark days.....I have
this pain in me, yet, I am avoiding
pressure, and per doctor’s advised,
I have to take it easy, not to get involved in strenuous, stressful activities as a health and medical restrictions and limitations.
For this reason, Mr. Chairman,
if I may just go back 20 years ago in
1990, as I can recall and remember,
we had elected a one and only
woman then and became a history
of UFCH. This woman whom I have
a high regards and respect, because
under her administration for the 2
full terms, I was fortunate to be the
Chairman of Publicity, ladies and
gentlemen, fellow delegates, I am
referring to Nana Maggie Domingo
as first woman president.
Today, I believe I can help make
a very significant history of UFCH,
again. If Nana Maggie had the opportunity to serve, only one woman
president within the first 50 years
of UFCH, I could have been an opportunity for me to become the 31st
UFCH president, but again, because
of this unexpected circumstance, this pain in
me, the pain in me bothers and warned me with
restrictions and limitations and as my doctor
prescribed me, of course,
I have that warning of
MADO
ORO
precaution to have a
second thought. and
some of you said: health
is wealth, first and foremost of priority, I listen to my doctor, I listened, etniko.
UFCH 2010-005 Tony Ramil as
heard loud and clear: health first,
serve is next and opportunity still Twenty Outstanding Filipinos
b
r
o
a
d
can wait. I listened to you who re- A
ally care about my health and to Tunggal kombension, tumakder
myself. If for the last 50 years to- dagiti managdillaw. Adu ti masaoda.
ward the century of UFCH, the 51 Ngem bassit ti maaramidanda wenno
year starts now, I think, we can pro- maitulongda. ti naginad wenno
ti
naaramidan
ti
vide helping UFCH another remark- bassit
able event and history if we can give administrasion. Kalinteganda ti
an opportunity to another woman kapanunotanda, wen. Ngem ti
become the next UFCH president, maysa a paliiwmi, dagitoy ket
and to be the 2nd woman president saanda met a makigamgamulo
of this prestigious Council....I can [unay] ta pinilida ti saan a
always serve in so many ways, and bimmibiang.
Where Were You when we
any capacity that I am capable
of....Mr. Chairman, fellow delegates, needed you?
Sakbay a maserraan ti maudi
thank you.”
Saan a napengdan ni Lynne ti nga aldaw ti kombension, gagangay
naglua idi immay kaniak nga a mayallawat iti sabali nga Island
Council kas iti panagrotasion ti
immarakup.
agbalin a host Council.
Inawat ti Lanai Filipino CommuRabi iti Hulio 24, 2010, Sabado
NAPINTAS ti pabuya iti rabii ti nity Council nga isuda ti host counMiss Hawaii Filipina Scholarship cil iti 2011 Annual Convention ngem
Pageant nga indauluan da Michelle saan a nabatad no iti Isla ti Lanai
wenno Las Vegas. Natibong ti Las
Santos ken Ryan Piros.
Uppat dagiti nagsasalip a Vegas, ngem iti maysa met a nabatad
mangibagi kadagiti bukodda nga a boses a nagkuna: “Apay a ti Las
Vegas pay, nabaknangen ti Las VeIsland Council.
Big Island; Oahu; Kauai; Maui gas, panunotenyo pay la a
Napagasatan ni Margaret pabaknangen. Ditoy Hawaii, apay a
Pascual a Miss Hawaii Filipina 2010- ditay met pabaknangen ti lugartayo,
2011. $2000.00 ti ited ti UFCH a sapay koma ta mangted daytoy iti
gunggonana sa maikkan iti round pagpanunotantayo amin. No
trip ticket nga agbakasion idiay denggenyo ti timekyo, saandak kadi
met a mangeg itoy a kapanunotak?”
Filipinas.
Naangay ti eleksion.
Ni Herman Andaya ti
Maysa a kapaliiwan iti dayta a rabii
ti pabuya, naguapo latta ni Deputy nangiparang kadagiti nainominar a
Consul Paul Cortes a maysa kadagiti kandidato/kandidata. Nagsarita ti
emcee. Nataytayag nga amang ni tunggal maysa kadakuada.
Eleksion ti simmaruno. Nabilang
Laksmi Abraham ngem ni Dep Consul Cortes, ngem agpadada a ti butos. Aganay a 92 ti balota
kadagiti 97 a rehistrado a delegado.
nabatad ti timek ken bokadorada.
Ket nagsapata da iti
Sabali pay a paliiw:
nagkalamisaan da Neil Abercrombie panangannong ni Atty. Bryan
ken Mufi Hannemann, agpada a Andaya, pasado a presidente ti
UFCH: Lynne Gutierrez, presidente;
kandidato a para gobernador.
Norma Barroga, bise, Doris Saribay,
sekretaria; Ben Pulido, tesorero;
Hulio 25, 2010, Domingo
NAIDATAG dagiti resolusion, Domie Bucasas, auditor.
Hunta del gobernador da:
maysa kadakuada to UFCH 2010001-Feed the Homeless - mainaig iti Edwin Ranan, Big Island, Jean
pannakaadapatar ti Institute for Sumagit, Lanai; Moises Luczon,
Human Services a serbian a regular Molokai; Angel Acorda, Kauai;
ti UFCH Social Action Committee Arnold Villafuerte, Oahu, Ben
kas inyusuat ni Amado I. Yoro, Chair, Cabreros, Oahu.
Holdover da Ryan Piros, Maui;
organizer/coordinator ti Mission
Day Service ti DWCLCAAH, Abe Iloreta, Kauai, Amado Yoro,
binulan a mapan dagiti volunteers Oahu.
Island Councils presidents, da:
kadagiti dua a lugar, [Men &
Women] tunggal maudi a Lunes ti Christina Ranan, Big Island; Juan
bulan. Sangsanguen ti siudad ken Degamo, Lanai, Benny Piros,
ti State of Hawaii ti problema a Molokai; Liza Trinidad, Kauai,
Homelessness a maibatay iti Herman Andaya, Maui; Maria
mapagtalkan nga impormasion, Etrata, Oahu.
“This election could be difficult
aganay a 5834. Adda aganay a 200
dagiti maserbian iti Men’s Site, for me, but due to the circumstance
idinto a 80 iti Women’s site. Nairugi this gentleman I have respect with
daytoy a proyekto idi Nobiembre him, Manong Amado as a great
2009 kas partnership ti UCH/OFCC/ leader, now I am accepting your verDWCLCAAH, UGHO, ISAH, dict, and here I am your new president, and the 31st UFCH president
dadduma pay.
UFCH 2010-002 Supporting and 2nd woman president. When
Strong Immigrant Communities - your time is come and ready, I’ll be
mainaig iti pannakasalaknib ti there and campaign for you..”
panagpapatas ti imigrante nga
UFCH Progress Awardees 2010
agsangpet iti Hawaii nga awan koma
[EXCERPT from the UFCH
iti diskriminasion.
UFCH 2010-003 Support of Pa- Progress Awards and Re-Affirmacific Beach Hotel Workers and La- tion officers 2010 Souvenir BookOct 16, 2010. Hawaii Prince Hotel]
bor Equity
Theme: “Beyond AccomplishUFCH 2010-004 Funds for Office of Language Access - mainaig ments....”
Program Host, Jennifer Vea de
iti pannakaruk-at ti pondo nga
agpaay itoy nga opisina ti turay a Vera, Miss Hawaii Filipina 2000;
mangimatmaton
iti Invocation, Cleo Bala Casino,
pannakaiprograma
dagiti Former Board of Governor, UFCH;
nadumaduma a pagsasao ken National Anthems sung [Lupang
lenguahe dagiti nagduduma a grupo Hinirang] by Marnelli Basilio, Miss
Paradise
Page
A
I. Y
Oahu Filipina 2010, Star
Spangled Banner by
Margaret Pascual, Miss
Hawaii Filipina 2010;
Welcome address by
Eddie Agas, Sr, Outgoing UFCH president; ReAffirmation of commitment Ceremonies officiated by Consul General
Leoncio Cardenas Jr.
Message by Lynne Gutierrez,
Incoming president.; Entertainments during the dinner were provided by Crisselle Aquino, Miss
Teen Hawaii Filipina 2010 and
Alyssa Reyes,
Miss Teen Hawaii Filipina 2009
for Hula Duet; Margaret Pascual,
Miss Hawaii Filipina 2010, Mozart;
Kanani Dias, Mrs. Hawaii Filipina
2010, Journey to the Pacific.
Remarks by Honolulu Acting Managing Director Doug Chin, repre-
senting Honolulu Mayor Peter
Carlisle.
UFCH Officers that were re-affirmed: Lynne Gutierrez, president;
Norma Barroga, vice president;
Doris Saribay, secretary; Ben
Pulido, treasurer; Domie Bucasas,
auditor.
Board of Governors: Edwin
Ranan, Big Island; Jean Sumagit,
Lanai; Moses Luczon, Molokai;
Ryan Piros, Maui; Abe Iloreta, Angel Acorda, Kauai; Arnold
Villafuerte, Ben Cabreros, Amado
Yoro, Oahu.
Island Council President: Christina Ranan, Big Island; Juaghn
Degamo, Lanai; Benny Piros,
Molokai; Herman Andaya, Maui,
Liza Trinidad, Kauai, Maria Etrata,
Oahu.
Immediate past president Eddie
Agas,
Sr.
Legal Counsel - Atty Doniie Juan.
GMO eggplant is ‘green’
A NEW EGGPLANT whose gene has been modified to resist a most destructive worm is environment-friendly, scientists said.
It’s the Bacillus thuriengensis (Bt) eggplant, a gene-modified crop
that contains the Bt bacterium that is toxic to the fruit and shoot borer
worm, a major pest that can destroy over half of the eggplant crop.
The Bt eggplant’s resistance to the worm is expected to lessen the
spraying by farmers of pesticides that kill the worm.
A Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) study concludes that
Bt eggplant reduces pesticides use by 48 percent. It raises a farmer’s
income by about P50,000 per hectare as production costs are cut by 16
percent. Much of that would be due to the decreased use of pesticides
and the manpower and time to spray pesticides.
Over- and mis-application of pesticides to control the eggplant fruit
and shoot borer is harmful to humans and to the environment.
In contrast, the Bt protein found in Bt eggplant does not persist in the
environment, said Dr. Antonio C. Laurena, a research professor at the
Institute of Plant Breeding, University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB).
There is no negative impact on non-target organisms such as insects
either, said Mario V. Navasero of the National Crop Protection Center.
They were speaking at UPLB in a public dialogue on Bt eggplant
between scientists and farmers.
According to Dr. Emiliana Bernardo, a member of the Department of
Agriculture’s Scientific and Technical Review Panel which reviews and
assesses the safety of gene modified foods such as Bt eggplant and Bt
corn, the current methods used by growers of conventional eggplant in
controlling the fruit and shoot borer are unacceptable.
Many eggplant farmers spray chemical insecticides every other day,
or up to 80 times per growing season, said Bernardo, an entomologist or
insect scientist.
Insecticide residues have been found in 20 percent of conventional
eggplant samples, said Dr. Jinky Leilani Lu, Research Professor, National
Institutes of Health, University of the Philippines Manila. She has conducted a study in Sta. Maria, Pangasinan, which showed that 100 percent
of farmers surveyed were not using protective clothing while mixing and
spraying pesticides.
Sixty percent of these farmers were affected by spills due to leaking
sprayers or while spraying; 50 percent were affected while mixing pesticides; 90 percent of exposure was on the skin while 70 percent were exposed through breathing.
Skin itchiness was the most frequent complaints by 80 percent of
farmers Lu interviewed. Other ill-effects included muscle pain (70 percent); headache (50 percent); coughing (40 percent); burning sensation
on the skin (10 percent); blurred vision (10 percent); and nausea (10 percent). (SciencePhilippines)
Essem kas iti layap iti awan
naganna a panaguray
AMADO I. YORO
ENERO 20, 2015
No dadduma diskutiren ni mannaniw:
Ti essem no dadduma apagdarikmat
Kas iti layap a tumpuar iti sabali
A pingping ti mangliwenliweng a law-ang
Dagiti rabii iti panagpuyat wenno pannakasegged
Ti kandela iti tengnga ti rabii iti kasipngetan.
Nakapanawen ti mutia iti apagdarikmat
A sam-it dagiti palabra de amor
Kuna ti mannaniw: pimmanawkan
Nga awanen ti nabati a pagilasinan
Imbag pay ketdi ti uram iti rabii
Kadagiti narayray a panagpasged
NO
TICES
NOTICES
April 13-19, 2015
Clerk of Court V
Republic of the Philippines
REGIONAL TRIAL COURT
First Judicial Region
Branch 65 – LAOAG CITY
SPOUSES ROBERTO RITON
AND LOWELYN L. RITON,
Plaintiffs,
-versusADELLA J. CASTILLO and the
REGISTER OF DEEDS OF
LAOAG CITY,
Defendants.
CIVIL CASE NO. 16439-65
For: Specific Performance,
Surrender of or Cancellation of
Certificate of Title and
Damages
x- - - - - - - -x
ORDER
Before this Court is a Motion
for Leave to Issue Summons by
Publication filed by petitioner, thru
counsel Atty. Erme S. Labayog,
praying that summons be effected by publication on the
ground that the defendant,
Adella Castillo, cannot be located at her given address
which she used in all her transactions; the same is granted.
WHEREFORE, let summons
by publication issue pursuant to
Section 14, Rule 14 of the Rules
of Court to wit:
“ Section 14.Service upon defendant whose identity or
whereabouts are unknown. —
In any action where the defendant is designated as an unknown owner, or the like, or
whenever his whereabouts are
unknown and cannot be ascertained by diligent inquiry, service
may, by leave of court, be effected upon him by publication
in a newspaper of general circulation and in such places and
for such time as the court may
order.”
where Defendant Adella Castillo
is given sixty (60) days within
which to file her Answer or any
responsive pleading.
SO ORDERED.
Done in the City of Laoag, this
10th day of November, 2014.
(SGD) MANUEL L. ARGEL, JR.
Judge
Republic of the Philippines
REGIONAL TRIAL COURT
First Judicial Region
Branch 65 – LAOAG CITY
SPOUSES ROBERTO RITON
AND LOWELYN L. RITON,
Plaintiffs,
-versusADELLA J. CASTILLO and the
REGISTER OF DEEDS OF
LAOAG CITY,
Defendants.
CIVIL CASE NO. 16439-65
For: Specific Performance,
Surrender of or Cancellation of
Certificate of Title and
Damages
x- - - - - - - -x
SUMMONS
TO:ADELLA J. CATILLO
Brgy. 57 Pila,
Laoag City 2900
GREETINGS:
You are hereby required,
within sixty (60) days after the
service of this summons upon
you, to file with this Court and
serve on the plaintiff your answer to the complaint, copy of
which is attached, together with
the annexes. You are reminded
of the provision in the IBP-OCA
Memorandum on Policy Guidelines dated March 12, 2002 to
observe restraint filing a motion
to dismiss and instead allege the
grounds thereof as defenses in
the Answer. If you fail to answer
which the time fixed, the plaintiff will take judgment by default
and may be granted the relief
applied for in the complaint,
WITNESS, the Hon. MANUEL
L. ARGEL, JR. Judge of the court
this 14th day of January, 2015 at
Laoag City.
(SGD) WILBUR R. CAJIGAL
Republic of the Philippines
REGIONAL TRIAL COURT
First Judicial Region
Branch 65 – LAOAG CITY
SPOUSES ROBERTO RITON
AND LOWELYN L. RITON,
Plaintiffs,
-versusADELLA J. CASTILLO and the
REGISTER OF DEEDS OF
LAOAG CITY,
Defendants.
CIVIL CASE NO. 16439
For: Specific Performance,
Surrender of or Cancellation of
Certificate of Title and
Damages
x- - - - - - - -x
COMPLAINT
PLAINTIFFS, by the undersigned counsel, unto this Honorable Court most respectfully
aver that:
THE PARTIES
1.
PLAINTIFFS
ARE
SPOUSES, overseas Filipino
workers and residents of Via
Pierluigi da Palestrina N. 66,
Vicenza, Italy, but may be
served with summons and other
Court processes through the
undersigned counsel;
2. Defendant Adella J. Castillo
is likewise of legal age and resident of Brgy. 57, Pila, Laoag City,
where she may be served with
summons and other Court processes;
3. The Register of Deeds of
Laoag City is a government
agency, the repository of
records of landholdings in the
City of Laoag and is hereto impleaded as a nominal party, so
that the complete relief may be
had, with office address at Giron
St., Laoag City;
CAUSE OF ACTION
4. While on vacation in the
Philippines in 2003, plaintiffs met
defendant who offered to sell
Lot No. 15751 of the Cadastral
Survey of Laoag. The lot is more
particularly described as follows:
“A parcel of land (Lot No.
15751 of the Cadastral Survey
of Laoag), with the improvements thereon, situated in the
Barrio of Vira, City of Laoag.
Bounded on the NE., by Lots
Nos. 35850 and 15753; on the
SE., by Lot No. 15758; on the
SW. by a road; and on the NW.
by Lot No. 15750. Containing an
area of TWO THOUSAND SIX
HUNDRED AND NINE (2,609)
SQUARE METERS, more or
less, covered by Transfer Certificate of Title No. T-37014”
5. Plaintiffs were aware that
Lot 15751 was still in the name
of defendant’s predecessors.
The title was however clean as
there is no lien or encumbrance
annotated thereon at that time.
6. As the sale was on installment, the parties have agreed
that defendant would cause the
transfer of the lot into her name
to be delivered to plaintiffs, together with the duly executed
Deed of Absolute Sale, for the
full payment of the consideration;
7. Plaintiffs have religiously
paid the installments. Copies of
various acknowledgments by
defendant are hereto attached
as Annexes “A”, “B” and “C”;
8. Plaintiffs fully paid the lot
while on vacation in 2007. Defendant, in turn, executed and
delivered a Deed of Sale, promising to deliver the title before
plaintiffs’ return abroad as it is
allegedly with the Register of
Deeds for transfer into her
name. a copy of the Deed of Sale
is hereto attached as Annex “D”;
9. Unfortunately, plaintiffs
went back abroad with the Title
undelivered. Per verification
with the Register of Deeds, it
was discovered that the transfer has already been effected
in February 2006. Worse, plaintiffs discovered that the lot was
mortgaged far back in June 1999
but said mortgage was not then
registered. It was only on February 20, 2006 that the mortgage
was annotated at the back of
the Title. A copy of the TCT No.
37014 covering the lot is hereto
attached and marked as Annex
“E” , the annotation as Annex “E1”, the date of instrument in year
1999 as Annex “E-2” and the
date of inscription in the year
2006 as Annex “E-3”;
10. On December 19, 2007,
Plaintiffs caused the preparation
of a demand letter to defendant,
which she received as per return card accompanying the letter. Copies of the letter and the
Return Card are hereto attached
as Annexes “F” and “G” respectively,
11. On March 10, 2009, a follow up demand letter was sent.
The demand however fell on
deaf ears. Copies of the letter
and the Return Card are hereto
attached as Annexes “H” and “I”;
12. On March 20, 2012, defendant redeemed the lot. Correspondingly, therein mortgage
executed a Release of Mortgage, copy of which will be presented during the trial as it has
not yet been released as of the
moment. But such fact was annotated on TCT No. 37014,
hereto marked as Annex “E-4”.
Defendant howewr, did not deliver the Title to plaintiffs;
13. On March 29, 2014 plaintiffs came on vacation to the Philippines. On different dates from
April 6-19, 2014, they went to
the house of defendant in order
to retrieve the title but she has
not been showing up;
14. As can be gleaned from
the foregoing, the rights of Plaintiffs to enforce the sale and to
finally process its Certificate of
Title, cannot be denied. Hence,
they now come to Court to enforce their rights, engaging the
services of a counsel whom
they agreed to pay THIRTY
THOUSAND PESOS ( 30,000.00)
as acceptance fee and will continue to incur expenses at ONE
THOUSAN PESOS ( 1,000.00)
per hearing as appearance fee
which Defendant should be
made liable;
15. Should the delivery of the
Certificate of Title be refused or
becomes impossible, the same
be declared void and the Register of Deeds be ordered to issue a new one with the same
credence as the original;
16. For her evident bad faith
in mortgaging the property and
selling the same while the mortgage is in force, prejudicing the
rights of Plaintiffs-buyer, defendant should be made liable for
exemplary damages of FIFTY
THOUSAND
PESOS
(
50,000.00), to set as an example
and as a deterrence to future
similar acts;
17. Because of the case,
Plaintiff suffered sleepless
nights and wounded feelings for
which defendant should be
made liable for moral damages
at 50,000.00.
18. That the provisions of RA
7160 on Barangay Conciliation
are not applicable because the
parties are not residents of the
same municipality.
PRAYERS
WHEREFORE, in view of the
foregoing it is most respectfully
prayed that after due notice and
hearing, judgment be rendered:
a. Ordering defendant Adella
J. Castillo to deliver to plaintiffs
the Owner’s Copy of TCT No.
37014, or if the same is no longer
possible, the same be declared
void and the Registry of Deed
be ordered to issue a new one
in lieu of the original, to be delivered to the plaintiffs;
b. Ordering defendant Adella
J. Castillo to pay Plaintiff
30,000.00 as attorney’s fees
and 1,000.00 per hearing as
apperancee fee;
c. Ordering defendant Adella
J. Castillo pay exemplary and
moral damages, and to pay the
cost of this suit;
Plaintiffs pray for such other
reliefs that are just and equitable
under the premises.
Laoag City, April 25, 2014.
(SGD) ERME S. LABAYOG
Counsel for Plaintiff
Savellano Bldg. II Paco
Roman St.,
2900 Laoag City
IBP No. 938130 / 01.03.14
PTR No. 0726567 / 01.03.14
Roll No. 48312 / 03.21.03
MCLE Comp. Cert. No. IV00006485
VERIFICATION AND
CERTFICATION
We, SPOUSES ROBERTO A.
RITON and LOWELYN L. RITON,
Filipino citizens and residing in
Via Pierluigi da Palestrina N. 66,
Vicenza, Italy, after being sworn
to in accordance with law,
hereby depose and state that:
1. We are the plaintiffs in the
above entitled case and have
caused the preparation of the
foregoing complaint;
2. We have read and understood the allegations therein and
the same are true and correct to
the best of our knowledge and
belief;
And we further certify that:
3. We have neither commenced the same action nor
authorized anybody to do the
same, nor have any knowledge
and/or belief of any pending action involving the same issues in
the Supreme Court, the Court of
Appeals or any other court, tribunal or agency;
4. Should we hereafter learn
that a similar action or proceeding has been filed or is pending
therein, we hereby undertake to
notify this Honorable Court
within five (5) days from said
notice of similar and/or pending
action or proceeding.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we
have hereunto set our hands this
23rd day of April 2014 at Laoag
City, Philippines/
(SGD) ROBERT A. RITON
Affiant
Passport No. EB9934075
Issued at Milan, Italy
Expires on January 6, 2019
(SGD) LOWELYN L. RITON
Affiant
Passport No. EB9923062
Issued at Milan, Italy
Expires on January 6, 2019
SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN
to before me this 23 April 2014
at Laoag City. That I am convinced of the identity of the
affiants having exhibited to me
their Philippine Passports as indicated below their name and
signature.
(SGD) ATTY. EDWARD M.
ULEP
Notary Public
Com. Exp. Dec. 31, 2015
Roll No. 53949/ TIN # 936926-188
PTR No. 8827974/1-2-14/I.N.
MCLE Compliance No. IV00006496/6-26-12/L.C.
IBP No. 938101/12-18-13/L.C
Doc. No. 8;
Page No. 2;
Book No. XCVIII;
Series of 2014.
April 13, 2015*IT
______________________________________
DEED OF ADJUDICATION WITH
QUITCLAIM/RECONVEYANCE
Notice is hereby given that
the intestate estate of the late
JOSE HERMENIO A. AGULAY
consisting of five (5) parcels of
land designated as Lot Nos.
30384, 30423, 30366 and 30445
all of Cad-398 covered by
Katibayan ng Orihinal na Titulo
Blg. P-14121, P-14120, P-14329,
P-14310 and P-14311 containing an area of 116 sq. m, 354 sq.
m., 388 sq. m., 133 sq. m. and
1,667 sq. m. all situated at Cubol
(now Pimentel), Batac City, Ilocos
Norte have been the subject of
Deed of Adjudication with Quitclaim/Reconveyance executed
by his heirs ratified and acknowledged before Notary Public
Agustin Cabredo as per Doc. No.
142; Page No. 30; Bk. No. XV; S.
of 2013.
March 30, April 6, 13, 2015*IT
______________________________________________
THE ILOCOS TIMES 7
EXCERPT FROM THE MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL MEETING
OF THE STOCKHOLDERS
OF THE RURAL BANKOF BATAC, INC. HELD AT BATAC
ILOCOS NORTE
ON FEBRUARY 9, 2015 AT 2:00 P.M.
STOCKHOLDERS PRESENT IN PERSON AND IN PROXY
Suerte V. Crisostomo
Cielo v. Demisch
Filipinas V. Duldulao
Bituin V. Salcedo
Noel D. Valdez
Ma. Lydia V. Guevara
Evangelina Y. Rubio
Remedios D. Ramos
Ma. Dolores Q. Ventura
Joseph D. Chua
Richard D. Chua
Philip D. Chua
Peter D. Chua
JustinPaulo N. Chua
Agnes C. Roldan
Cherry Ann C. Cordova
Ma. Dolores Q. Ventura
Aurea H. Nolasco (LBP)
TOTAL:
19,532 shares
19,532 shares
19,532 shares
19,532 shares
19,532 shares
33,712 shares
4,258 shares
450 shares
200 shares
300 shares
300 shares
300 shares
300 shares
300 shares
300 shares
300 shares
200 shares
19,216 shares
157,596 shares
IN ATTENDANCE
Estrelita G. Bayangos
Acting Secretary
The stockholders were advised by the Vice President, Mrs.
Evangelina Y. Rubio that during the Board of Director’s meeting
on December 10, 2014, the Chairman of the board proposed for
voluntary dissolution/liquidation of the bank.
WHEREAS, the bank is placed under PROMPT CORRECTIVE
ACTION (PCA) since October 2012. The bank is required by the
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to infuse capital in the amount
of P3.2M payable on a staggered basis starting 4th quarter of
2012 until 3rd quarter of 2015. Total required capital infusion as
of December 2015 is P3,200,000.00 but only P709,000.00 was
infused by the President, a balance of P2,491,000.00, not anyone of the stockholders is interested to infuse.
WHEREAS, the bank has received from BSP Circular No.
854 which raises the minimum capital of rural banks from P6.5
MILLION to P20MILLION. It was raised on the board of directors’
meeting on December 10, 2014 but nobody among them is willing to infuse.
WHEREAS, in view of the foregoing, the President recommended to the board for a voluntary dissolution/liquidation of the
bank seconded by Mrs. Evangelina Y. Rubio and unanimously
approved by the board of directors.
WHEREAS, the bank has already informed the BSP through
Mr. Renato Tacbad, Deputy Director and Group Head of the
Central Point of Contact III (CPC III) of our plan for voluntary
dissolution and has sent us the necessary requirements which
the bank has to comply one of which is this stockholders meeting.
RESOLUTION NO. 2015-068
RESOLVED, AS IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, TO APPROVE THE
VOLUNTARY DISSOLUTION/LIQUIDATION THE BANK.
APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.
There being no other matters to take up, the board adjourned at 4:00 o’clock in the afternoon.
ESTRELITA G. BAYANGOS
Acting Secretary
ATTESTED:
MA. LYDIA V. GUEVARA
President/Chairman of the Board
March 16, April 6, 13, 2015*IT
RA Form No. 10.1 (LCRO)
Republic of the Philippines
Local Civil Registry Office
Province of Ilocos Norte
Municipality of Pagudpud
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. No. 9048, a notice is
hereby served to the public that DELIA M. AGTANG has filed
with this Office a petition for Change of First Name from
“LILIA” to “DELIA” in the birth certificate of LILIA ABALOS
MARTINEZ who was born on August 1, 1957 at Pagudpud,
Ilocos Norte and whose parents are Julio Martinez and Marta
Abalos.
Any person adversely affected by said petition may file
his written opposition with this office not later than April 20,
2015.
(SGD) MAURO G. MALDA
Municipal Civil Registrar
April 6-12, 13-19, 2015*IT
________________________________________________________
DEED OF ADJUDICATION,
QUITCLAIM AND PARTITION
Notice is hereby given that
the intestate estate of the late
VICTORINA B. LOPEZ and ORLANDO B. LOPEZ consisting of
a parcel of land designated as
Lot 15361, Cad. 307-D covered
by OCT No. P-19203 containing
an area of 2,453 sq. m. situated
at the Barrio of Samac (but now
within the territorial jurisdiction
of Brgy. No. 17, Sta. Asuncion,
Municipality of San Nicolas, Province of Ilocos Norte has been
the subject of Deed of Adjudication, Quitclaim and Partition executed by their heirs ratified and
acknowledged before Notary
Public Rowel Jake L. Leonador
as per Doc. No. 342; Page No.
69; Bk. No. II; S. of 2015.
April 6, 13, 20, 2015*IT
________________________________________________________
8 THE ILOCOS TIMES
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
REGIONAL TRIAL COURT
FIRST JUDICIAL REGION
BRANCH 14, LAOAG CITY
IN RE: PETITION FOR THE
CANCELLATION AND ANNULMENT OF CERTIFICATE OF
LIVE BIRTH OF JOHN PAUL M.
LEGASPI WITH REGISTRY NO.
96-180 IN THE MUNICIPAL
CIVIL REGISTRY OF SAN
NICOLAS, ILOCOS NORTE THE
MATTER OF PETITION
JOHN PAUL M. LEGASPI,
Petitioner,
-versusTHE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR
OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF SAN
NICOLAS, ILOCOS NORTE,
CIVIL REGISTRAR-GENERAL,
NATIONAL STATISTICS
OFFICE, MANILA AND ALL
OTHER PERSONS WHOSE
INTEREST WOULD BE
AFFECTED THEREBY,
Respondents.
Sp. Proc. No. 16601-14
x- - - - - - - -x
ORDER
Filed by petitioner John Paul
M. Legaspi before this Court is a
verified amended petition for the
cancellation of his certificate of
live birth under Registry No. 96180 in the Municipal Civil Registrar of San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte
and the Civil Registrar-General,
Manila.
Finding the amended petition
to be sufficient in form and substance, the Court hereby sets
the hearing of the same on April
30, 2015, 9:00 A.M., before this
Court sitting at the 2 nd floor,
Marcos Hall of Justice, Laoag
City, at which date and time any
person who may be adversely
affected may file his opposition
or appear and show cause why
the petition should not be
granted.
Let this Order be published
once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks in any newspaper of general circulation in
the Province of Ilocos Norte and
Laoag City, at the expense of
the petitioner.
Let a copy of this Order together with the petition be furnished the Office of the Solicitor
General, the Office of the Municipal Civil Registrar of San
Nicolas, Ilocos Norte, the Civil
Registrar General, and the Office of the Provincial Prosecutor.
SO ORDERED.
Laoag City, March 11, 2015.
(SGD) FRANCISCO R.D.
QUILALA
Presiding Judge
April 13, 20, 27, 2015*IT
______________________________________
Republic of the Philippines
REGIONAL TRIAL COURT
FIRST JUDICIAL REGION
Branch 15, Laoag City
IN RE: PETITION FOR THE
CANCELLATION/CORRECTION
OF ENTRIES IN THE BIRTH
RECORD OF MATTHEW JABEZ
PANUGALING NAZARIO IN THE
OFFICE OF THE LOCAL CIVIL
REGISTRAR OF LAOAG CITY
AND THE CIVIL REGISTRAR
GENERAL, MANILA
GRACELYN V. PANUGALING,
Petitioner,
-versusTHE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR
OF LAOAG CITY AND THE
NATIONAL STATISTICS
OFFICE, CIVIL REGISTRAR
GENERAL, MANILA AND ALL
OTHER PERSONS WHO HAVE
OR CLAIM TO HAVE ANY
INTEREST THAT WOULD BE
AFFECTED THEREBY,
Respondents.
Sp. Proc. No. 16618-15
x- - - - - - - -x
ORDER
In a verified petition, petitioner
through counsel prays for the
correction of entries in the Birth
Record of Matthew Jabez
Panugaling Nazario specifically
as to the date and place of marriage of parents.
It is alleged in the petition that
petitioner is of legal age, single,
Filipino citizen and resident of 85
Nicanor Garden Homes,
Abelardo St., B.F. Homes, Las
Piñas; that she and Oliver
Cochica Nazario are the biological parents of Matthew Jabez
Panugaling Nazario who was
born on November 5, 2000, at
Laoag City; that at the time of
the conception and birth of Matthew Jabez Panugaling Nazario,
his parents were not legally
married to each other even up
to the present; that when petitioner secured certified copies
of the birth record of her son
Matthew Jabez from the Local
Civil Registrar of Laoag City and
the Civil Registrar General, National Statistics Office, she discovered that the date “October
8, 1999” and the place “Las
Piñas” were entered as the date
and place of marriage of parents which are both erroneous
because his parents are not yet
married even up to the present;
that in order to put straight the
birth record of the minor Matthew Jabez Panugaling Nazario,
this petition is instituted.
Finding the petition to be sufficient in form and substance,
this Court sets the same for hearing on May 13, 2015, at 10:00
o’clock in the morning, in the sala
of Branch 15 of this Court Second Floor, Marcos Hall of Justice, Laoag City, at which date,
time and place, any interested
person may appear and show
cause why the petition should
not be granted.
Let a copies of this petition
and this Order be served upon
the Local Civil Registrar of
Laoag City, the Civil Registrar
General, National Statistics Office, Manila and the Office of the
City Prosecutor.
Let this Order be published
at the expense of the petitioner
once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the
Province of Ilocos Norte and in
the City of Laoag.
SO ORDERED.
Given in chambers, this 26th
day of February, 2015, at Laoag
City.
(SGD) BENJAMIN D.
TURGANO
Judge
Copy furnished:
·Atty. Juan Conrado A. Respicio
I
·Petitioner
·Local Civil Registrar, Laoag City
·Civil Registrar General, NSO,
Manila
·Office of the City Prosecutor
·Office of the Solicitor General
·RTC-OCC, Laoag City
·File
April 13, 20, 27, 2015*IT
______________________________________
DEED OF ADJUDICATION WITH
ABSOLUTE SALE
Notice is hereby given that
the intestate estate of the late
MARIANO BASILIO and JULIANA
LABUGUEN consisting of a parcel of land designated as Lot No.
8251 of the Laoag Cad. covered
by OCT No. 22335 containing an
area of 1,362 sq. m. situated in
the Barrio of Buttong, Municipality of Laoag has been adjudicated by their heirs and simultaneously sold to Ruben B. Quinto
married to Cristina A. Quinto ratified and acknowledged before
Notary Public Adel Cristina Z.
Diño as per Doc. No. 474; Page
No. 95; Bk. No. VI; S. of 2015.
April 13, 20, 27, 2015*IT
______________________________________
DEED OF ADJUDICATION
Notice is hereby given that
the intestate estate of the late
MAXIMA M. PATRICIO consisting
of a Savings Deposit with the
LAND BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES under Savings Account
No. 0266-8050-98 has been adjudicated by her heirs ratified
and acknowledged before Notary Public Norberto A. Manuel
as per Doc. No. 50; Page No. 11;
Bk. No. LI; S. of 2015.
April 13, 20, 27, 2015*IT
______________________________________
NOTICES
EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT
OF ESTATE WITH WAIVER
Notice is hereby given that
the intestate estate of the deceased LUCIANO MAGDIRILA
consisting of a parcel of land
designated as Lot A (LRC) PSD110091 covered by TCT No. T11501 containing an area of
10,086 sq. m. located at Aracuac,
Badoc, Ilocos Norte has been
the subject of Extrajudicial
Settlement with Waiver executed by his heirs ratified and
acknowledged before Notary
Public Angel G. Rubio as per Doc.
No. 68; Page No. 79; Bk. No. III;
S. of 2015.
April 13, 20, 27, 2015*IT
______________________________________
DEED OF ADJUDICATION
Notice is hereby given that
the intestate estate of the late
VICENTE C. RESPONDO JR. consisting of 1 unit motor vehicle,
more particularly described as
follows, to wit: Make- Yamaha;
Type of Body- TC; Chassis No.
4PF182666; Motor/Engine No.
4PF182666; MV File No. 012400000033862; Plate No.
QU7987; Model- 2000; CR No.
8894012-1 and OR No.
533205293 has been adjudicated by his heir ratified and
acknowledged before Notary
Public Reynaldo A. Corpuz as
per Doc. No. 110; Page No. 22;
Bk. No. LXIX; S. of 2015.
April 13, 20, 27, 2015*IT
______________________________________
DEED OF ADJUDICATION WITH
ABSOLUTE SALE
Notice is hereby given that
the intestate estate of the deceased CASTILLO GANTE consisting of a motorcycle which is
more particularly described as
follows: Make- Honda TMX 155T;
Year/Model- 2008; CR No.
6266907-3 and O.R. No.
402473842 has been adjudicated by his heir and simultaneously sold to Menardo
Llantero Ganasao ratified and
acknowledged before Notary
Public John John Felipe as per
Doc. No. 166; Page No. 34; Bk.
No. XXXIV; S. of 2014.
April 13, 20, 27, 2015*IT
______________________________________
DEED OF ADJUDICATION
Notice is hereby given that
the intestate estate of the late
JOSE ANDRES consisting of a
parcel of land designated as Lot
No. 61833 of the Bacarra Cad.
under TD No. 14-020-03847
containing an area of 897 sq. m.
situated in Brgy. Buyon, Bacarra,
Ilocos Norte has been adjudicated by his heir ratified and
acknowledged before Notary
Public Alex M. Ramos as per
Doc. No. XXXX; Page No. 07; Bk.
No. 05; S. of 2015.
April 13, 20, 27, 2015*IT
______________________________________
DEED OF ADJUDICATION AND
SALE
Notice is hereby given that
the intestate estate of the late
SPS. AGUSTIN DE LOS SANTOS
and ARCADIA ALONZO consisting of 2123/2533 shares of a
parcel of land designated as Lot
No. 14623 of the Laoag Cad.
covered by TCT No. (T-8233)3822 containing an area of 2,533
sq. m. situated in the Poblacion
(Barrio of San Isidro), Municipality of Laoag has been adjudicated by their heirs and simultaneously sold to Jacqueline
Young-De Jesus the said 2123/
2533 shares of the above-described parcel of land ratified
and acknowledged before Notary Public Mark Lester D.
Cardenas as per Doc. No. 330;
Page No. 33; Bk. No. II; S. of 2014.
March 30, April 6, 13, 2015*IT
______________________________________________
EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT
OF ESTATE
Notice is hereby given that
the intestate estate of the late
ELISEO YOUNG consisting of his
conjugal share of thirty eight (38)
parcels of land designated as
Lot Nos. 9300, 11780-C-7-V,
11780-C-7-Y, 11780-C-7-U,
11780-C-7-N, 11780-C-7-O,
11780-C-7-P, 11780-C-7-Z,
11780-C-7-F, 11780-C-7-A,
11780-C-7-E, 11780-C-7-H,
11780-C-7-I, 11780-C-7-J,
11780-C-7-T-2, 11780-C-7-T-3,
11780-C-7-T-4, 11780-C-7-T-5,
11780-C-7-T-8, 11780-C-7-T-9,
11780-C-7-AA, 9452-A, 9452-B,
9453, 10779-B-1, 9202, 9201,
2495-B, 2817, 35395, 11780-C7-X, 33870, 11780-C-7-L, 5139,
31476, 5138-Part, 2-A of the
subdivision plan Psd-13-002514
and 2, Block 7 of the subdivision
plan (LRC) Psd-174592 covered
by TCT Nos. T-8573, T-34110, T34113, T-34109, T-34102, T34103, T-34104, T-34114, T34094, T-34089, T-34093, T34096, T-34097, T-34098, T36660, T-36661, T-36662, T36663, T-36666, T-36667, T34115, T-20888, T-20889, T22009, T-18234, T-19025, T19024, T-29169, T-28175, T34112, T-36657 and OCT No. P74424, TD Nos. 08-071-00235,
08-071-00236 and 08-07100250, TCT Nos. 10344 and N16705 containing an area of 273
sq. m., 55 sq. m., 369 sq. m.,
887 sq. m., 280 sq. m., 664 sq.
m., 181 sq. m., 218 sq. m., 183
sq. m., 132 sq. m., 16 sq. m.,
444 sq. m., 57 sq. m., 76 sq. m.,
52 sq. m., 50 sq. m., 49 sq. m.,
48 sq. m., 50 sq. m., 41 sq. m.,
1,103 sq. m., 136.50 sq. m.,
136.50 sq. m., 320 sq. m., 884
sq. m., 539 sq. m., 36 sq. m.,
5,411.50 sq. m., 23,372 sq. m.,
7,285 sq. m., 1,608 sq. m., 1,595
sq. m., 44 sq. m., 304 sq. m.,
2,112 sq. m., 713.50 sq. m., 600
sq. m. and 417 sq. m. and partresidential and part-commercial
building erected on Lot 37488
under TD No. 08-018-00694 and
residential house erected on Lot
No. 2-A under TD No. D-06103272 situated in the Barrio of
San Catalino, Brgy. San
Lorenzo, Barrio of San Francisco, Barrio of Sta. Balbina,
Barrio of Ntra. Sra. De
Visitacion, Brgy. Balacad all of
Laoag City, Brgy. Bani, Bacarra,
Ilocos Norte and Brgy. Mariana
and District of Tandang Sora
both of QuezonCity, bank deposits with RCBC under Acct. No.
1366326665, BDO under Acct.
Nos.
PIBD2033C206,
5190102859 and 5190224601
and SBC under Acct. No. 693556588-200 and Securities under RCBC Securities, Inc.Arthaland Corp., Export and Industry Bank, Inc. (suspended),
Harbor Star Shipping Services,
Pepsi-Cola Products Phils., Inc.,
Philtown Properties, Inc.
(delisted), Trans-Asia Oil and
ENE, Trans-Asia Petroleum
Corp., Travellers Int’l. Hotel Group
and Wellex Industries, Inc., No.
of Shares- 8,100 , 1,000,000 ,
100,000 , 650,000 , 60 ,
1,115,000 , 18,432 , 40,000 and
7,000 respectively and BPI Securities Corp.- Globe Telecom
Inc. 1,000 shares has been adjudicated by his heirs extra-judicially ratified and acknowledged
before Notray Public Michael D.
Domingo as per Doc. No. 120;
Page No. 12; Bk. No. CXLVI; S.
of 2015.
March 30, April 6, 13, 2015*IT
______________________________________________
April 13-19, 2015
Publication Notice
R.A. 10172
Republic of the Philippines
Local Civil Registry Office
Province of Ilocos Norte
Municipality of Paoay
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
CCE-00015-2015
R.A. 10172
March 27, 2015
In compliance with the publication requirement and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum Circular No. 2013-1 Guidelines in the Implementation of the Administrative Order No.
1 Series of 2012 (IRR on R.A. 10172) Notice is hereby
served to the public that OFELIA BAGAMASPAD MENA has
filed with this office a petition of correction of entry in the
date of birth from “SEPTEMBER 14, 1957” to “SEPTEMBER
24, 1957” and change of first name from “LAUREANA” to
“OFELIA” in the Certificate of Live Birth of LAUREANA
BAGAMASPAD, at Paoay, Ilocos Norte and whose parents
are Jacinto Bagamaspad and Pascuala Oallesma.
Any person adversely affected by said petition may file
his written opposition with this office not later than April 20,
2015.
(SGD) ROBERT M. GUIEB
Municipal Civil Registrar
April 6-12, 13-19, 2015*IT
________________________________________________________
Republic of the Philippines
Local Civil Registry Office
Province of Ilocos Norte
Municipality of Paoay
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. No. 9048, a notice is
hereby served to the public that VIRGINIA G. PURISIMA has
filed with this office a petition for Change of First Name from
“NORMA” to “NORMALITA” in the birth certificate of NORMA
PURISIMA who was born on July 20, 1955 at Paoay, Ilocos
Norte and whose parents are Felix Purisima and Virginia
Gallardo.
Any person adversely affected by said petition may file
his written opposition with this office not later than April 20,
2015.
(SGD) ROBERT M. GUIEB
Municipal Civil Registrar
April 6-12, 13-19, 2015*IT
________________________________________________________
DEED OF ADJUDICATION
Notice is hereby given that
the intestate estate of the late
JOSE HERMENIO A. AGULAY
consisting of five (5) parcels of
land designated as Lot Nos.
30384, 30423, 30366 and 30445
all of Cad-398 covered by
Katibayan ng Orihinal na Titulo
Blg. P-14121, P-14120, P-14329,
P-14310 and P-14311 containing an area of 116 sq. m, 354 sq.
m., 388 sq. m., 133 sq. m. and
1,667 sq. m. all situated at Cubol
(now Pimentel), Batac City, Ilocos
Norte have been adjudicated by
his heirs ratified and acknowledged before Notary Public Kira
M. Espino as per Doc. No. 477;
Page No. 97; Bk. No. IV; S. of
2012.
March 30, April 6, 13, 2015*IT
______________________________________________
DEED OF ADJUDICATION WITH
QUITCLAIM
Notice is hereby given that
the intestate estate of the late
ORLANDO LOPEZ consisting of
a parcel of land designated as
Lot No. 15261, Cad. 307-D of
San Nicolas Cad. covered by
OCT Free Patent No. 11089 containing an area of 1,030 sq. m.
located at Brgy. 17, Samac, San
Nicolas, Ilocos Norte has been
the subject of Deed of Adjudication with Quitclaim executed by
his heirs in favor of Milagrina
Lopez ratified and acknowledged before Notary Public Joel
P. Dadis as per Doc. No. 309;
Page No. 62; Bk. No. XI; S. of
2014.
April 6, 13, 20, 2015*IT
________________________________________________________
DEED OF ADJUDICATION AND
SALE
Notice is hereby given that
the intestate estate of the late
JOHN G. ANDRES consisting of
one-half ( ½ ) share of a parcel
of land and the house and other
improvements thereon designated as Lot No. 5639-C-2 of the
subdivision plan Psd-01052590, being a portion of Lot
5639-C, Psd-1-020133, L.R.C.
Rec. No. 1151 covered by TCT
No. T-33568 situated in Brgy. 48-
B, Cabungaan South (Mangato
bef.), Laoag City has been adjudicated by his heir and simultaneously sold to Pantaleon A.
Bernabe including the improvements thereon ratified and acknowledged before Notary Public
Ma. Golda G. Arquillo as per Doc.
No. 238; Page No. 48; Bk. No.
VII; S. of 2015.
April 13, 20, 27, 2015*IT
______________________________________
INSPIRATIONAL NOTE
“When we journey WITHOUT the cross, when
we build WITHOUT the cross, when we
profess Christ WITHOUT the cross, we are
NOT DISCIPLES OF THE LORD, we are
WORDLY. We may be bishops, priests,
cardinals and popes but NOT DISCIPLES OF
THE LORD.”
~ Pope Francis about Suffering
THE ILOCOS TIMES 9
April 13-19, 2015
IN tourist arrivals breach
350,000 during Holy Week
From page 1
of service.
Paoay Kumakaway!
IN recent years, the efforts of
Ilocos Norte Governor Ma.
Imelda “Imee” R. Marcos in promoting Ilocos Norte’s key tourist attractions and vibrant culture
through
the
provincial
government’s tourism campaign
‘Paoay Kumakaway!’ have been
attracting national as well as global attention.
The Ilocos Norte Tourism
Office (INTO) said tourist arrivals started on Tuesday
[March 31] and peaked on Friday [April 3].
Meanwhile, information
from INTO showed that tourists
during the summer season last
year accounted to 1.5 million, an
indicator of the good and improving performance of the tourism
industry in the province.
“We are expecting the same
numbers for this year or possibly even more,” revealed by
INTO officials.
Ms. Marcos said that the
provincial government continuously develops several tourism
facilities in key centers in Ilocos
Norte and closely cooperates
with the private sector when it
comes to the development of
their establishments and quality
Summer jobs for Ilocanos
IN order to cater to the growing
number of tourists, 300 Ilocanos
have been deployed by the provincial government through its
‘Task Force Trabaho’ (TFT) as
tourists’ aides, utility personnel
and paramedics in 42 tourist centers across the province.
“Dalawampu’t lima lang
ang nadatnan ko sa summer
job noong 2009, ngayon ang
dami nang bibong-bibong tour
guides...tourists aides,” said Ms.
Marcos during her State of the
Province (SOPA) last year. She
added that hiring is based on the
personality, not with their college
courses, as tourists always look
for those who are ‘madaldal’
(talkative).
Following the hiring, the beneficiaries underwent an orientation last March 21 to better prepare them for the demands of
the tourism jobs and equipped
them with knowledge about the
industry.
Aside from poverty alleviation, such program of Ms.
Marcos under TFT was also established to raise the locals’
awareness of the growing tourism industry in Ilocos Norte.
In addition, the Night Express which was launched last
March will intensify its operation for the summer season to
address the tourists’ demands
for transportation particularly
the ones going to Pagudpud.
This service offers night trips
during Fridays to Sundays, 8
p.m. to 1 a.m. to four routes in
the
province
(LaoagPagudpud, Laoag-Bacarra,
Laoag-Paoay, and LaoagDingras). (With a report from
J Michael Mugas, PGINCMO)
Less visitors however were
recorded at the Ferdinand E.
Marcos presidential museum and
Malacañang of the North.
With the provincial
government’s aggressive tourism
promotion efforts as a premiere
summer destination of the north,
the Ilocos Norte government
hopes that the number of tourists’ arrivals will further increase
by more than 50 percent or to
beat the province’s target of inviting at least one million tourists
every year.
EGS’s own building to rise in
San Nicolas
From page 1
expected to be completed by October or six months from now.
Like Accenture which has an ongoing building construction near
the EGS site, VENVI has also
partnered with EGS under a builtto-suit scheme.
“This is another milestone for
Ilocos Norte and San Nicolas. We
are a believer of the Ilocano talent
and we commit to develop it. Setting up the building is a great challenge to put up in the next six
months,” said Atty. Hilario “Larry”
Valdez, chief executive officer and
chairperson of the VENVI Group of
Companies.
For his part, San Nicolas Vice
Mayor Alfredo “Boying” P. Valdez
Jr. said San Nicolas has sustained
its lead as the country’s most business-friendly municipality as big
time commercial establishments continue to rise and expand their businesses here.
To date, EGS Ilocos facility has
hired about 200 Ilocano residents
running world-class program from
major telecommunication and
healthcare provider in the United
States.
“This is a testament that we
have great people in Ilocos Norte
engaged in sophisticated high level
work. This is to show that we are
not just recruiting people. Next beginning is to have a real permanent
facility in Ilocos Norte,” Mr. Borja
added.
The coming of EGS to Ilocos
Norte is the result of various initiatives by the Ilocos Norte government and the Metro Ilocos Norte
ICT Council (MINICTC) which is
composed of representatives from
various government agencies, private organizations, and educational
institutions in the province.
MINICTC is affiliated with the National ICT Confederation of the Philippines.
Under the Task Force Trabaho
(TFT) campaign of the Ilocos Norte
government,
the
Marcos
administration’s top agenda is to
create sustainable jobs in the province so that Ilocanos will no longer
leave their hometown to search for
employment opportunities elsewhere in Manila and abroad.
“We want more and better jobs
to provide adequately for our families, both in our cities and in the far
flung rural areas. Every Ilocano has
the choice of working overseas or
one day working here at home,” the
governor said.
Since 2012, Ms. Marcos has
been on the forefront of promoting
the province as a prime destination
for Business Process Outsourcing
(BPO) companies and other investors, emphasizing the quality and
abundance of Ilocano talent, which
makes Ilocos Norte great for business.
10 THE ILOCOS TIMES
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
REGIONAL TRIAL COURT
FIRST JUDICIAL REGION
BRANCH 14, LAOAG CITY
IN RE: PETITION FOR THE
CORRECTION AND CANCELLATION OF ENTRY IN THE
BIRTH CERTIFICATE AND
CERTIFICATION OF LIVE BIRTH
OF AMBANTA ORIAS A.K.A.
JOY BUROGSAY AMBANTA
A.K.A. JOYVINA V.
BUROGSAY PARTICULARLY IN
THE ENTRIES IN THE NAME OF
CHILD, NAME OF MOTHER AND
DATE AND PLACE OF
MARRIAGE OF PARENTS
JOY AMBANTA ORIAS a.k.a.
JOY BUROGSAY AMBANTA
a.k.a. JOYVINA V.
BUROGSAY,
Petitioner,
-versusTHE LOCAL REGISTRAR OF
DINGRAS, ILOCOS NORTE
AND THE CIVIL REGISTRAR
GENERAL OF THE NATIONAL
STATISTICS OFFICE,
FERDINAND R. AMBANTA,
CLARITA V. BUROGSAYAMBANTA, AND ALL PERSONS WHO HAVE OR CLAIM
ANY INTERESt
Respondents.
Sp. Proc. No. 16641-14
x—————————x
ORDER
Filed by petitioner Joy
Ambanta Orias, a.k.a. Joy
Burogsay Ambanta a.k.a. Joyina
Burogsay before this Court is a
petition for the correction of the
entries in her birth records in the
Local Civil Registrar of Dingras,
Ilocos Norte and the Civil Registrar General, Manila. The petitioner specifically prays that the
entry on the column for the name
of the child be changed from
“Joy B. Ambanta” to “Joy
Burogsay” and the name of
mother from “Clarina V.
Burogsay” to “Clarita V.
Burogsay”
Finding the petition to be sufficient in form and substance,
the Court hereby sets the hearing of the same on May 7, 2015,
9:00 A.M. before Branch 14 sitting at the 2nd floor, Marcos Hall
of Justice, Laoag City, at which
date and time any person who
may be adversely affected may
file his opposition or appear and
show cause why the petition
should not be granted.
Let this Order be published
once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks in any newspaper of general circulation in
the Province of Ilocos Norte and
Laoag City, at the expense of
the petitioner.
Let a copy of this Order together with the petition be furnished the Office of the Solicitor
General, the Office of the Local
Civil Registrar of Bacarra, the
Civil Registrar General, the Office of the Provincial Prosecutor, Clarita V. Burogsay and
Mariano Corpuz Burogsay.
SO ORDERED.
Laoag City, April 7, 2015.
(SGD) FRANCISCO R.D.
QUILALA
Presiding Judge
April 13, 20, 27, 2015*IT
_______________________________________________
Republic of the Philippines
Department of Environment and Natural
Resources
PROVINCIAL ENVIRONMENT & NATURAL
RESOURCES OFFICE–ILOCOS NORTE
DENR Provincial Building, Giron Street corner Castro
Avenue, 2900 Laoag City
Tel. Nos. (077) 772-0254; (077)770-3439; Fax No. (077)
771-1475; E-mail: penro_inorte@yahoo.com
1
INVITATION TO BID
FOR THE THREE 3–YEAR COMPREHENSIVE SITE
DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONAL GREENING PROGRAM
(NGP) AREA
CALENDAR YEAR 2015 - 2017
TOTAL CONTRACT COST - 40,000,000.00
Project Site
CENRO BANGUI
1. Project Location: Brgy. Isic-Isic, Vintar, Ilocos Norte
Area:
1,000.0 hectares
Estimated Budget:
Php20, 000, 000.00
2. Project Location: Brgy. Canaam, Vintar, Ilocos Norte
Area:
1,000.0 hectares
Estimated Budget:
Php20, 000, 000.00
Seedling Specifications:
1. Height- at least 30cm from the root collar to stem apex
2. Stem diameter- at least 0.50cm at the root collar
3. Stem Form- vertically straight, round, sturdy and lignified
4. Balanced crown.
5. Healthiness – free from fungus, insect attack and
disease infection (e.g. yellowing, curling and spotting)
Hole digging- at least 20cmx20cmx30cm
Ring weeding – 1 meter diameter
Cultivation – 30cm radius
Note: Participating bidder preferably Peoples Organization within the proximity of the Project site/location.
(SGD) ENGR. SHEILA R. CAMAGON
Chairman, Bids and Awards Committee
DENR- PENRO Ilocos Norte
April 13-19, 2015*IT
NOTICES
R.A. Form No. 10.1 (LCRO)
Republic of the Philippines
Local Civil Registry Office
Province of Ilocos Norte
Municipality of Sarrat
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. No. 9048, a notice is
hereby served to the public that HORTENCIA GANITANO
CORPUZ has filed with this office a petition for Change of
First Name from “JUDITH” to “JOVITA” in the birth certificate
of JUDITH CALAPIT GANITANO who was born on August 10,
1927 at Sarrat, Ilocos Norte and whose parents are Leoncio
Ganitano and Juliana Calapit.
Any person adversely affected by said petition may file
his written opposition with this office not later than April 27,
2015.
(SGD) JOANA A. DUQUE
Municipal Civil Registrar
April 13-19, 20-26, 2015*IT
________________________________________________________
R.A. 9048 Form No. 10.1 (LCRO)
Republic of the Philippines
Local Civil Registry Office
Province of Ilocos Norte
Municipality of Pasuquin
April 13-19, 2015
Publication Notice
R.A. 10172
CCE-26-2015
2013
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
R.A. 10172
July 3, 2015
In compliance with the publication requirement and
pursuant to OCRG Memorandum Circular No. 2013-1
Guidelines in the Implementation of the Administrative Order
No. 1 Series of 2012 (IRR on R.A. 10172) Notice is hereby
served to the public that IMELDA NACURAY GARCIA has
filed with this office a petition of date of birth from “JUNE 10,
1963” to “JUNE 9, 1963” in the Certificate of Live Birth of
IMELDA NACURAY GARCIA, at Vintar, Ilocos Norte and
whose parents are Virgilio Nacuray and Carlina Butac.
Any person adversely affected by said petition may file
his written opposition with this office not later than April 27,
2015.
(SGD) MENELEO JOEY J. LEAÑO
Municipal Civil Registrar
April 13-19, 20-26, 2015*IT
________________________________________________________
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. No. 9048, a notice is
hereby served to the public that RIZALINA D. CALIDA has
filed with this office a petition for Change of First Name from
“ANTONIA” to “ANTONIA OFELIA” in the birth certificate of
ANTONIA CALIDA who was born on August 22, 1953 at
Pasuquin, Ilocos Norte and whose parents are Alfredo
Calida and Faustina Lagura.
Any person adversely affected by said petition may file
his written opposition with this office not later than April 27,
2015.
(SGD) FELIZA C. RATUITA
Municipal Civil Registrar
April 13-19, 20-26, 2015*IT
________________________________________________________
Brgy. 23, Laoag City Financial Report
OUR B
ARANG
AYS
BARANG
ARANGA
April 13-19, 2015
THE ILOCOS TIMES 11
Accomplished and current projects of Brgy. 23, Laoag City
1 . C l e a n e d u p t h e h o rrible, odorous open minidumpsite located at the
back of the barangay hall
and adjacent to the Day
Care center and conversion of the area into a
mini-garden-playground.
2. To sustain and maintain
a better environment we
implemented rigorously the
oplan-dalus program through
the following schemes:
a ) All barangay officials
– elected and appointed – including Pantawid members
are required to participate in
our environment (waste management) and beautification
program.
b) The scheme of implementation is based on a
scheduled action plan; groups
are divided into three units
and alternatively work on a
weekly basis every Saturday;
on the last week of every
month all officials together
with local volunteers work
together to implement the
same.
c ) As a reminder campaign for a clean barangay,
we posted 12pcs tarpaulin (3’
x 8’) printed with environmental slogans hanged along
strategic areas and major
streets of our barangay.
3. Improved our Lupong
Tagapamayapa by the following implemented systems
and procedures:
a.) Established an appropriate office so as to
properly and professionally
settle cases filed
b.) Strictly imposed a
monthly meeting for seminars/updates on the familiarization of settling barangay
cases.
c.) implemented new innovations in order to be able
to settle cases speedily and
provide both a hard copy and
electronic copy for proper
FEEDDING program for Day-Care Center pupils of Brgy. 23
documentation and safekeeping of records per cases filed.
4. To ensure visibility and
promote peace and order, we
have innovatively established
eleven (11) tanod on the
block outposts. These existing structures like the mini
sheds are converted temporarily during the night as an
outpost and staging area for
our barangay tanods doing
their regular rounds.
5. Implementation of our
disaster risk reduction action
plan through the following:
a.) We have scheduled
mandatory in-house trainings/
seminars on disaster preparedness
b.) Establish an alterna-
tive evacuation area within
the premises of the barangay
hall
c.) We required all members to voluntarily be ready
at all times to prevent further
destruction of lives and property
d.)Identification of high
risk areas during calamities
7. Implementation of our
waste management action
plan through the following:
a.) establishment of a
component material recovery
structure that generates
awareness to our constituents of the relevance of managing their waste disposals
such as proper segregation
and classification of waste
Laoag City MayorChevylle V. Fariñas during her Agserbi 24/7 program
at Brgy. 23 with Brgy. 23 chairperson Jay Ramos and kagawad Arnel
Ganotisi and Andy Macugay.
THE Oplan Dalus program is done regularly at Brgy. 23
for collection and disposal.
b.) A constant awareness
campaign on waste management has now become part
of all our conferences and
assembly meetings.
8. To enhance our child
protection plan, aside from
the barangay’s regular feeding program for our daycare
pupils, we have involved private individuals and institutions to contribute and/or
sponsor our barangay feeding program activity. Now on
i t s s e c o n d y e a r, t h e
Tumaneng family feeding program has greatly improved
the well-being of some of our
marginalized children. Also,
for two consecutive years
groups of students from NCC
and DATA CENTER have
sponsored the same. Another
private institution located in
our very own barangay- KINETIC HUMAN DIVISION
CALL CENTER – has supported our feeding program.
9. As part of our 2014 investment plan, we have provided the following to deserving recipients:
medicines, relief goods, fertilizers and other related basic needs.
12 THE ILOCOS TIMES
OUR B
ARANG
AYS
BARANG
ARANGA
April 13-19, 2015
From zero to prosperity–
The State of Brgy. 23
THE FIRST six months of
my incumbency was worse
that starting from scratch—
there was no office equipment in the barangay office,
files and other important
documents were not turned
over properly, a transition
team was not created by the
outgoing barangay chairperson despite an order from
the DILG, and top it all, no
barangay fund was available.
This was worse than having hit by a calamity. This situation is only comparable to the
very first day the barangay office was created. Not only was
I dumbfounded, I was aghast.
Being a former barangay
chairperson myself before my
foray to the Sangguniang
Panlungsod, I knew—by
heart—the duties, responsibilities and the frame of mind the
post entails. And finding
Barangay 23 in such a sordid
state as I began my term not
only confused my mind no end;
it more so tore my heart to
shreds knowing fully that my
barangay mates do not deserve
this. In fact, no constituency
deserves this.
Faced with an insurmountable task and generally uncooperative former barangay officials, I—along with the new
barangay kagawads and officials—were forced to make do
with what we collectively
have. We waded our way to
the labyrinthine puzzle that was
the annual barangay program
for 2013. Documents started
appearing on our barangay
office’s makeshift desks every
morning making us wonder not
only who was putting them
there but more so how they
can enter a locked barangay
office in the dead of the night.
But we knew we needed the
official files and documents and
instead of changing the
barangay office’s locks, we
settled for not leaving any valuables and important documents
in the barangay office to “accommodate” whoever it was
who was dropping off files at
night. In the end however, we
never knew if it was a friend,
foe or a sinister ghost who
dropped those files off at night.
Neither did we discover if all
the pertinent files and documents have been given in the
mode he/she choose. But as
they say beggars can’t be
choosers and being forced into
that situation only strengthened
our collective resolve to make
everything right again for our
barangay.
Some of the files and documents may have been turned
over in this very unconventional manner but what we
QUICK ASSISTANCE. Brgy. 23 chairperson Jay S. Ramos has instituted a quick relief system in times of disasters as they immediately distribute
relief goods whenever a typhoon or other natural disasters hit the barangay. Also in the photo is Brgy. 23 kagawad Johnny Topinio.
were still lacking office equipment, tables. materials and
other things needed for the
barangay office to operate. To
overcome this, we have to become resourceful; but being
resourceful also entails personal sacrifice—financial
sacrifice at that.
Barangay permits and
other similar documents need
to be processed every day
and since the barangay had
unfunctional desktop computers—or any computer for
that matter, non-readable
printer, not even an office
table, we needed to bring our
personal gadgets just for the
barangay to function. The
barangay secretary, Jhing
Baraceros brought her own
typewriter and we brought
our own tables just so we
could work in the barangay
office. Eventually, we all
brought all the needed equipment at our personal cost so
we can continue to serve our
barangay mates.
But the problems did not
end there. Our weekly
“Oplan Dalus” around the
barangay was also affected
as all cleaning equipment acquired and donated during the
past administration all vanished. Even the barangay
vehicle donated or purchased
by the barangay were left di-
lapidated and needs major
repair. But the clean-up program needed to be continued
as this is the best way to
battle diseases around the
barangay. Left with no other
option, we provided our own
equipment and vehicle for the
weekly clean-up program.
And coupled by ingenious
ways to create partnership
with different private corporations—and aided strongly
by both the city and provincial governments, as well as
the Ilocos Norte Police Provincial Office—we have not
only succeeded in the weekly
clean-up program but have
introduced various innovations not only to maintain
cleanliness in the barangay
but also to make it more environment-friendly.
It was an arduous task but I
am thankful that volunteerism is
not dead in our barangay. My
barangay mates did not have
second thoughts when I solicited
their help. And it is for this that I
am very grateful for their
volunteerism that has made everything possible for our
barangay.
Since then, we have made
giant strides towards the
progress and development of our
barangay. (See list of accomplished and current projects
on page 11)
Starting this issue, THE ILOCOS TIMES will feature news from the region’s various barangays
from time to time. This is partly to help our barangay officials in informing their
respective constituents on what they have done so far in terms of projects and
accomplishments. And also to update other barangays on what the featured barangay
has achieved and accomplished so far.
Message of the
Barangay 23
Chaiperson
Greetings of peace!
When I assumed office as your Bgy Chairperson, I had
envisioned our community as a
progressive, transparent and
people oriented community.
Towards this end, we have led
by example tasking myself and
all our bgy officials to be transparent and accountable in all our
actions. Apart from efficiently
and effectively delivering the
basic services to our constituents, I believe that such transparency and accountability is
needed to inspire our constituents to all contribute to the welfare of our community.
Through active volunteerism, you, the residents of Bgy23
have empowered yourselves to both actively participate and
support our programs. You are now reaping the benefits of
that involvement, a clean, peaceful and progressive community. This is how society should be; government and the people
working together to make their community a better place.
I thank you all for your support. Rest assured, this administration is committed to serving you with dedication and innovation. We also ask for your continued support for all of
our barangay programs. After all, we are all the beneficiaries
of such continued cooperation.
Together let us continue our efforts for a better barangay,
our community, our home.